Complexity in bacterial cell- cell communication: Quorum signal integration and subpopulation signaling in the Bacillus subtilis phosphorelay

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

Volumn 106, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6459-6464

  Bischofs, Ilka B ^a,b   Hug, Joshua A ^a   Liu, Aiwen W ^a   Wolf, Denise M ^b   Arkin, Adam P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Model; Phr; Quorum sensing; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 66149121458     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810878106     Document Type: Article

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