Chemotaxis in Escherichia coli: A molecular model for robust precise adaptation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0014-0027

  Hansen, Clinton H ^a   Endres, Robert G ^a,b   Wingreen, Ned S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ASPARTATES; CHEMICAL SIGNALS; CHEMOTAXI; DEMETHYLATION; HOMODIMERS; MODEL YIELDS; NEIGHBORHOOD SIZE; NEIGHBOURHOOD; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

CHEMOSENSOR;

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHEB; PROTEIN CHER; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHEB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CHER PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMETHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONOD WYMAN CHANGEUX MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38949210309     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0040001     Document Type: Article

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