Evolution of taxis responses in virtual bacteria: Non-adaptive dynamics

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Goldstein, Richard A ^a   Soyer, Orkun S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADAPTIVE DYNAMICS; CHEMOTAXI; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CONDITION; E. COLI; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; MODEL ORGANISMS; SIMPLE++; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 44949129715     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000084     Document Type: Article

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