DNA rearrangements and phenotypic switching in prokaryotes

• Published in: Molecular microbiology Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 465
• Main Author: Dybvig, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.11.1993
• Subjects: Chromosome Inversion; DNA Nucleotidyltransferases - metabolism; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Viral - genetics; Endonucleases - metabolism; Gene Conversion; Gene Expression Regulation; Gene Rearrangement; Integrases; Phenotype; Prokaryotic Cells - cytology; Prokaryotic Cells - metabolism; Recombinases; Recombination, Genetic; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

Microorganisms have numerous strategies for coping with environmental changes. In many systems, a single cell has the capacity to generate a seemingly infinite array of phenotypic variants in just a few generations of growth. The resulting heterogeneous population is well equipped for sudden environ...