Induction and Relaxation Dynamics of the Regulatory Network Controlling the Type III Secretion System Encoded within Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-61

  Temme, Karsten ^a,b   Salis, Howard ^b   Tullman Ercek, Danielle ^b   Levskaya, Anselm ^b,c   Hong, Soon Ho ^b   Voigt, Christopher A ^a,b,c  

^a UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Biophysics Program   (United States)

Author keywords

bistability; cascade; genetic circuit; invasion; stochastic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SALMONELLA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALMONELLA; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

EID: 39649083113     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.12.044     Document Type: Article

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