Chemotaxis as an emergent property of a swarm

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6811-6816

  Taylor, Rion G ^a   Welch, Roy D ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 53849138004     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00662-08     Document Type: Article

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