Cooperation among microorganisms

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1486-1488

  Wingreen, Ned S ^a   Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; BIOFILM; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; COOPERATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA RECOMBINATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANABAENA; ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DICTYOSTELIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33748583757     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040299     Document Type: Short Survey

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