From molecular noise to behavioural variability in a single bacterium

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6982, 2004, Pages 574-578

  Korobkova, Ekaterina ^a   Emonet, Thierry ^a   Vilar, Jose M G ^b,d   Shimizu, Thomas S ^c,e   Cluzel, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

BACTERIA;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; IMMOBILIZED CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHEMOTAXIS METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842484290     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02404     Document Type: Article

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