Multistability in the lactose utilization network of Escherichia coli

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6976, 2004, Pages 737-740

  Ozbudak, Ertugrul M ^a   Thattal, Mukund ^a   Lim, Han H ^a   Shraiman, Boris I ^b   Van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FEEDBACK; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MITOSIS; MULTISTABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

LACTOSE; GLUCOSE;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL CYCLE; EPIGENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; LAC OPERON; LACTOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1442354192     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02298     Document Type: Article

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