Stochastic activation of a DNA damage response causes cell-to-cell mutation rate variation
Cells rely on the precise action of proteins that detect and repair DNA damage. However, gene expression noise causes fluctuations in protein abundances that may compromise repair. For the Ada protein in Escherichia coli, which induces its own expression upon repairing DNA alkylation damage, we foun...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2016
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