Cell individuality: The bistability of competence development

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 459-462

  Avery, Simon V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LYSOGENIZATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 24944542336     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2005.08.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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