Design and diversity in bacterial chemotaxis: A comparative study in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Rao, Christopher V ^a   Kirby, John R ^b   Arkin, Adam P ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ACCLIMATIZATION; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BACILLUS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 19344376625     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020049     Document Type: Article

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