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Open AccessThe genetic basis for the adaptation of E. coli to sugar synthesis from CO2
Understanding the evolution of a new metabolic capability in full mechanistic detail is challenging, as causative mutations may be masked by non-essential "hitchhiking" mutations accumulated during the evoluti...
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Communication between viruses guides lysis–lysogeny decisions
Temperate viruses can become dormant in their host cells, a process called lysogeny. In every infection, such viruses decide between the lytic and the lysogenic cycles, that is, whether to replicate and lyse t...
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Open AccessGenome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans
The genome of Phytophthora infestans, the pathogen that triggered the Irish potato famine in the nineteenth century, has been sequenced. It remains a devastating pathogen, with late blight destroying crops worth ...