High-throughput comparison of gene fitness among related bacteria

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The contribution of a gene to the fitness of a bacterium can be assayed by whether and to what degree the bacterium tolerates transposon insertions in that gene. We use this fact to compare the fitness of syntenic homologous genes am...

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Main Authors: Canals Rocio, Xia Xiao-Qin, Fronick Catrina, Clifton Sandra W, Ahmer Brian MM, Andrews-Polymenis Helene L, Porwollik Steffen, McClelland Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/212