Variability of Bacterial Essential Genes Among Closely Related Bacteria: The Case of Escherichia coli

The definition of bacterial essential genes has been widely pursued using different approaches. Their study has impacted several fields of research such as synthetic biology, the construction of bacteria with minimal chromosomes, the search for new antibiotic targets, or the design of strains with b...

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Main Authors: Enrique Martínez-Carranza, Hugo Barajas, Luis-David Alcaraz, Luis Servín-González, Gabriel-Yaxal Ponce-Soto, Gloria Soberón-Chávez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01059/full