The Chemotactic Behavior of Computer-Based Surrogate Bacteria

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-19

  Bray, Dennis ^a   Levin, Matthew D ^a   Lipkow, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845909561     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.027     Document Type: Article

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