Bacterial shape maintenance: An evaluation of various models

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 547-559

  Grover, N B ^a   Eidelstein, E ^a   Koppes, L J H ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coordinated surface volume synthesis; Growth laws and cell shape; Polar cap formation; Predicted coefficients of variation and correlation; Simulation of Escherichia coli growth

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GROWTH MODELING; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIOR; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CELL VOLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1642323481     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.11.028     Document Type: Article

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