Rebuttal: adaptive point mutation (Rosenberg and Hastings)

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John R Roth et al. J Bacteriol. 2004 Aug.

. 2004 Aug;186(15):4844.

doi: 10.1128/JB.186.15.4844.2004.

¹ University of California Davis, Microbiology Section, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA. jrroth@ucdavis.edu

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Adaptive point mutation and adaptive amplification pathways in the Escherichia coli Lac system: stress responses producing genetic change.
Rosenberg SM, Hastings PJ. Rosenberg SM, et al. J Bacteriol. 2004 Aug;186(15):4838-43. doi: 10.1128/JB.186.15.4838-4843.2004. J Bacteriol. 2004. PMID: 15262914 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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