Programming stress‐induced altruistic death in engineered bacteria
Abstract Programmed death is often associated with a bacterial stress response. This behavior appears paradoxical, as it offers no benefit to the individual. This paradox can be explained if the death is ‘altruistic’: the killing of some cells can benefit the survivors through release of ‘public goo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Molecular Systems Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2012.57 |
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