A spatially extended stochastic model of the bacterial chemotaxis signalling pathway

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-309

  Shimizu, Thomas S ^a,b   Aksenov, Sergej V ^a   Bray, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial chemotaxis; Cluster of receptors; Ising model; Sensitivity amplification

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSOL; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENT; GEOMETRY; LIGAND BINDING; METHYLATION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038399793     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00437-6     Document Type: Article

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