Multidrug-resistant bacteria compensate for the epistasis between resistances

Mutations conferring resistance to antibiotics are typically costly in the absence of the drug, but bacteria can reduce this cost by acquiring compensatory mutations. Thus, the rate of acquisition of compensatory mutations and their effects are key for the maintenance and dissemination of antibiotic...

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Autor principal: Moura de Sousa, Jorge (author)
Outros Autores: Balbontín, Roberto (author), Durão, Paulo (author), Gordo, Isabel (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2017
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/748
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt:10400.7/748