Bistability and switching in the lysis/lysogeny genetic regulatory network of bacteriophage λ

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-237

  Tian, Tianhai ^a   Burrage, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; Bistability; Genetic regulatory networks; Stochastic simulation; Switching

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DEGRADATION; GENETIC REGULATION; LYSIS; LYSOGENIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, SWITCH; LYSOGENY; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 1442335476     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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