Design and mathematical modelling of a synthetic symbiotic ecosystem

IET Systems Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Kambam, P K R ^a   Henson, M A ^a   Sun, L ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; STEADY-STATE FRACTION; SYNTHETIC SYMBIOTIC ECOSYSTEM;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COOPERATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFLORA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STEADY STATE; SYMBIOSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 38949100734     PISSN: 17518849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-syb:20070011     Document Type: Article

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