Search Results - "Rok Krašovec"

Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy with Bacterial Biofilms: Neuronal-like Behavior by Akabuogu, Emmanuel U., Zhang, Lin, Krašovec, Rok, Roberts, Ian S., Waigh, Thomas A.

“…Negative capacitance at low frequencies for spiking neurons was first demonstrated in 1941 (K. S. Cole) by using extracellular electrodes. The phenomenon…”
Get full text

Spontaneous mutation rate is a plastic trait associated with population density across domains of life by Krašovec, Rok, Richards, Huw, Gifford, Danna R, Hatcher, Charlie, Faulkner, Katy J, Belavkin, Roman V, Channon, Alastair, Aston, Elizabeth, McBain, Andrew J, Knight, Christopher G

“…Rates of random, spontaneous mutation can vary plastically, dependent upon the environment. Such plasticity affects evolutionary trajectories and may be…”
Get full text

Environmental and genetic influence on the rate and spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Escherichia coli by Gifford, Danna R, Bhattacharyya, Anish, Geim, Alexandra, Marshall, Eleanor, Krašovec, Rok, Knight, Christopher G

“…Spontaneous mutations are the ultimate source of novel genetic variation on which evolution operates. Although mutation rate is often discussed as a single…”
Get full text

Collective peroxide detoxification determines microbial mutation rate plasticity in E. coli by Green, Rowan, Wang, Hejie, Botchey, Carol, Zhang, Siu Nam Nancy, Wadsworth, Charles, Tyrrell, Francesca, Letton, James, McBain, Andrew J, Paszek, Pawel, Krašovec, Rok, Knight, Christopher G

“…Mutagenesis is responsive to many environmental factors. Evolution therefore depends on the environment not only for selection but also in determining the…”
Get full text

Environmental pleiotropy and demographic history direct adaptation under antibiotic selection by Gifford, Danna R, Krašovec, Rok, Aston, Elizabeth, Belavkin, Roman V, Channon, Alastair, Knight, Christopher G

“…Evolutionary rescue following environmental change requires mutations permitting population growth in the new environment. If change is severe enough to…”
Get full text

Opposing effects of final population density and stress on Escherichia coli mutation rate by Krašovec, Rok, Richards, Huw, Gifford, Danna R., Belavkin, Roman V., Channon, Alastair, Aston, Elizabeth, McBain, Andrew J., Knight, Christopher G.

“…Evolution depends on mutations. For an individual genotype, the rate at which mutations arise is known to increase with various stressors (stress-induced…”
Get full text

Critical Mutation Rate has an Exponential Dependence on Population Size for Eukaryotic-length Genomes with Crossover by Aston, Elizabeth, Channon, Alastair, Belavkin, Roman V., Gifford, Danna R., Krašovec, Rok, Knight, Christopher G.

“…The critical mutation rate (CMR) determines the shift between survival-of-the-fittest and survival of individuals with greater mutational robustness…”
Get full text

Measuring Microbial Mutation Rates with the Fluctuation Assay by Krašovec, Rok, Richards, Huw, Gomez, Guillaume, Gifford, Danna R, Mazoyer, Adrien, Knight, Christopher G

“…Fluctuation assays are widely used for estimating mutation rates in microbes growing in liquid environments. Many cultures are each inoculated with a few…”
Get more information

Mutation rate plasticity in rifampicin resistance depends on Escherichia coli cell–cell interactions by Krašovec, Rok, Belavkin, Roman V., Aston, John A. D., Channon, Alastair, Aston, Elizabeth, Rash, Bharat M., Kadirvel, Manikandan, Forbes, Sarah, Knight, Christopher G.

“…Variation of mutation rate at a particular site in a particular genotype, in other words mutation rate plasticity (MRP), can be caused by stress or ageing…”
Get full text

Electrical signaling in three-dimensional bacterial biofilms using an agent-based fire-diffuse-fire model by Carneiro da Cunha Martorelli, Victor, Akabuogu, Emmanuel, Krašovec, Rok, Roberts, Ian S, Waigh, Thomas A

“…Agent-based models were used to describe electrical signaling in bacterial biofilms in three dimensions. Specifically, wavefronts of potassium ions in…”
Get more information

Growth-dependent and adaptive mutation rates to ebgR and IS30 transposition in the bacteria Escherichia coli K-12 at different extracellular Mg2+ concentrations by Rok Krašovec, Igor Jerman, Luka Jan

“…During starvation on carbon and energy Escherichia coli K-12 cells, modified to possess EbgA51 as the only く-galactosidase enzyme, experience adaptive…”
Get full text

On the origin of cancer: Can we ignore coherence? by Plankar, Matej, Jerman, Igor, Krašovec, Rok

“…A growing number of inconsistencies have accumulated within the genetically deterministic paradigm of the origin of cancer. Among them the most important are…”
Get full text

Monotonicity of fitness landscapes and mutation rate control by Belavkin, Roman V., Channon, Alastair, Aston, Elizabeth, Aston, John, Krašovec, Rok, Knight, Christopher G.

“…A common view in evolutionary biology is that mutation rates are minimised. However, studies in combinatorial optimisation and search have shown a clear…”
Get full text

Metabolic plasticity and the energy economizing effect of ibogaine, the principal alkaloid of Tabernanthe iboga by Paškulin, Roman, Jamnik, Polona, Danevčič, Tjaša, Koželj, Gordana, Krašovec, Rok, Krstić-Milošević, Dijana, Blagojević, Duško, Štrukelj, Borut

“…The root bark of iboga plant—Tabernanthe iboga has been used traditionally in Central Africa as a psychoactive substance in religious rituals, while in smaller…”
Get full text

Possible time-dependent effect of ions and hydrophilic surfaces on the electrical conductivity of aqueous solutions by Verdel, Nada, Jerman, Igor, Krasovec, Rok, Bukovec, Peter, Zupancic, Marija

“…The purpose of this work was to determine the influence of mechanical and electrical treatment on the electrical conductivity of aqueous solutions. Solutions…”
Get full text

Adaptive mutation: shall we survive bacterial genetic skills? by Rok Krašovec, Igor Jerman

“…The origin and dynamics of genetic variations is one of the key questions in the modem science that has still not come out with a final answer. Emerging…”
Get full text

Where antibiotic resistance mutations meet quorum-sensing by Krašovec, Rok, Belavkin, Roman V, Aston, John A, Channon, Alastair, Aston, Elizabeth, Rash, Bharat M, Kadirvel, Manikandan, Forbes, Sarah, Knight, Christopher G

“…We do not need to rehearse the grim story of the global rise of antibiotic resistant microbes. But what if it were possible to control the rate with which…”
Get full text

Deep Significance of the Field Concept in Contemporary Biomedical Sciences by Jerman, Igor, Krašovec, Rok, Leskovar, Robert T.

“…Since antiquity, biology has had two opposing views of life and organisms: holistic (organismic) and reductionist. In contemporary biology, the molecular…”
Get full text

Electrical Transfer of Molecule Information into Water, Its Storage, and Bioeffects on Plants and Bacteria by Jerman, Igor, Ru i, Romana, Krašovec, Rok, Škarja, Metod, Mogilnicki, Lea

“…The controversial phenomenon of the so-called water memory recently has been gaining in scientific credibility, either through direct empirical findings or…”
Get full text

Monotonicity of Fitness Landscapes and Mutation Rate Control by Belavkin, Roman V, Channon, Alastair, Aston, Elizabeth, Aston, John, Krasovec, Rok, Knight, Christopher G

“…J. Math. Biol. (2016) 73: 1491 A common view in evolutionary biology is that mutation rates are minimised. However, studies in combinatorial optimisation and…”
Get full text