A quantitative study of the division cycle of Caulobacter crescentus stalked cells

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0111-0129

  Li, Shenghua ^a   Brazhnik, Paul ^a   Sobral, Bruno ^b   Tyson, John J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION CYCLE; DAUGHTER CELLS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GENOME REPLICATION; MASTER REGULATORS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS;

PROTEINS;

DNA; PROTEIN CTRA; PROTEIN GCRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIVISION; DAUGHTER CELL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE REPLICATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WILD TYPE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 38949110777     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0040009     Document Type: Article

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