β-lactam antibiotics promote bacterial mutagenesis via an RpoS-mediated reduction in replication fidelity
2013
Sub-lethal concentrations of antibiotics are known to promote mutagenesis of bacterial DNA. Here the authors show that β-lactam antibiotics trigger mutagenesis by upregulating the stress-response protein RpoS, which downregulates mismatch-repair activity.
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