A collective mechanism for phase variation in biofilms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 14597-14602

  Chia, Nicholas ^a   Woese, Carl R ^a   Goldenfeld, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Mobile genetic elements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROORGANISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 55749101939     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804962105     Document Type: Article

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