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Positive Epistasis Drives the Acquisition of Multidrug Resistance

Positive Epistasis Drives the Acquisition of Multidrug Resistance

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Positive Epistasis Drives the Acquisition of Multidrug Resistance

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Positive Epistasis Drives the Acquisition of Multidrug Resistance

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS genetics, 2009-07, Vol.5 (7), p.e1000578

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

The evolution of multiple antibiotic resistance is an increasing global problem. Resistance mutations are known to impair fitness, and the evolution of resistance to multiple drugs depends both on their costs individually and on how they interact--epistasis. Information on the level of epistasis between antibiotic resistance mutations is of key imp...

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Positive Epistasis Drives the Acquisition of Multidrug Resistance

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1313523177

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1313523177

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ISSN

1553-7404,1553-7390

E-ISSN

1553-7404

DOI

10.1371/journal.pgen.1000578

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