Systems BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Pulsatile basal gene expression as a fitness determinant in bacteria
K. Jain, Robert Hauschild, Olga Bochkareva…·Călin C. Guet
The paper shows that basal gene expression in bacteria is not inert but consists of stochastic pulses that enhance fitness by accelerating growth and reducing lag times during environmental transitions.
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