Mismatch Repair of DNA Replication Errors Contributes to Microevolution in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans
The ability to adapt to a changing environment provides a selective advantage to microorganisms. In the case of many pathogens, a large change in their environment occurs when they move from a natural setting to a setting within a human host and then during the course of disease development to vario...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-05-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/3/e00595-17 |