Noise reduction by diffusional dissipation in a minimal quorum sensing motif

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Tanouchi, Yu ^a   Tu, Dennis ^a   Kim, Jungsang ^a   You, Lingchong ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CELL-CELL COMMUNICATIONS; CELLULAR INTERACTION; CELLULAR NETWORK; GAIN INSIGHT; GENES EXPRESSION; INTERACTING MOLECULES; INTRACELLULAR LEVELS; QUORUM-SENSING; RANDOM FLUCTUATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; STATISTICS;

NEGIBACTERIA;

DIFFUSION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 50949114239     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000167     Document Type: Article

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