Growth Parameter Components of Adaptive Specificity during Experimental Evolution of the UVR-Inducible Mutator Pseudomonas cichorii 302959

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 6; no. 1; p. e15975
• Main Authors: Weigand, Michael R., Tran, Vinh N., Sundin, George W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.01.2011; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Activation; Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological; Analysis; Bacteria; Biological evolution; Biology; Cell cycle; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Directed Molecular Evolution; DNA; DNA damage; DNA polymerases; DNA repair; DNA Repair - genetics; E coli; Environmental conditions; Environmental stress; Epiphytes; Escherichia coli; Evolution; Evolution & development; Evolution (Biology); Exposure; Fitness; Genetic Enhancement; Genetic Fitness; Genetics; Genotype & phenotype; Growth; Growth conditions; Laboratories; Microorganisms; Mutagens - pharmacology; Mutation; Plant pathology; Plants - microbiology; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas - genetics; Pseudomonas cichorii; Radiation (Physics); Radiation damage; Radiation Tolerance - genetics; Repair; Reproductive fitness; Studies; U.V. radiation; Ultraviolet radiation; Ultraviolet Rays - adverse effects; United States > US; East Lansing Michigan; Michigan
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015975

Mutagenic DNA repair (MDR) transiently increases mutation rate through the activation of low-fidelity repair polymerases in response to specific, DNA-damaging environmental stress conditions such as ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure. These repair polymerases also confer UVR tolerance, intimately...