Bistability of the lac operon during growth of Escherichia coli on lactose and lactose + glucose

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1032-1064

  Narang, Atul ^a   Pilyugin, Sergei S ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial gene regulation; Induction; Lac operon; Mathematical model; Multistability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; METHYLGALACTOSIDE; SUCCINIC ACID; THIOGLYCOSIDE; THIOMETHYLGALACTOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOSE OPERON; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; LAC OPERON; LACTOSE; MATHEMATICS; METHYLGALACTOSIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUCCINIC ACID; THIOGALACTOSIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 43349105748     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-007-9289-7     Document Type: Article

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