A simulation model of Escherichia coli osmoregulatory switch using E-CELL system

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Srividhya, K V ^a   Krishnaswamy, Sankaran ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN F; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PORIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12344275812     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-44     Document Type: Article

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