Forming and waking dormant cells: The ppGpp ribosome dimerization persister model

Procaryotes starve and face myriad stresses. The bulk population actively resists the stress, but a small population weathers the stress by entering a resting stage known as persistence. No mutations occur, and so persisters behave like wild-type cells upon removal of the stress and regrowth; hence,...

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Main Authors: Thomas K. Wood, Sooyeon Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Biofilm
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590207519300188