Overview of mathematical approaches used to model bacterial chemotaxis I: The single cell

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1525-1569

  Tindall, M J ^a   Porter, S L ^b   Maini, P K ^a,b   Gaglia, G ^a   Armitage, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial chemotaxis; Review; Single cell

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 48449104873     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-008-9321-6     Document Type: Review

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