Phenotypic variation in bacteria: The role of feedback regulation

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-271

  Smits, Wiep Klaas ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   Veening, Jan Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33645073688     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1381     Document Type: Review

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