Metabolic switching in the sugar phosphotransferase system of Escherichia coli

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 744-754

  Thattai, Mukund ^a   Shraiman, Boris I ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SUGAR PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL INTERACTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC REGULATION; HYSTERESIS; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041914463     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74517-2     Document Type: Article

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