A microscale model of bacterial swimming, chemotaxis and substrate transport

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 325-340

  Dillon, Robert ^a   Fauci, Lisa ^a   Gaver, Donald ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER MODEL; DIFFUSION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0029590791     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1995.0251     Document Type: Article

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