Logarithmic sensing in Escherichia coli bacterial chemotaxis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2439-2448

  Kalinin, Yevgeniy V ^a   Jiang, Lili ^b   Tu, Yuhai ^c   Wu, Mingming ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TSR RECEPTOR; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CELL COUNT; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 66149092293     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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