Modes of evolution in a parasite-host interaction: Dis-entangling factors determining the evolution of regulated fimbriation in E. coli

BioSystems

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Chu, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based model; E. coli; Evolution; Fimbriation; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MODELING; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMENSALISM; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; FIM GENE; FIMBRIA; FIMBRIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 56949084714     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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