Colicin diversity: A result of eco-evolutionary dynamics

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-261

  Pagie, Ludo ^a   Hogeweg, Paulien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; COLICIN;

BACTERIUM; COLICIN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033590512     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0838     Document Type: Article

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