Molecular circuits for associative learning in single-celled organisms

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 463-469

  Fernando, Chrisantha T ^a,b   Liekens, Anthony M L ^c   Bingle, Lewis E H ^a   Beck, Christian ^d   Lenser, Thorsten ^d   Stekel, Dov J ^a   Rowe, Jonathan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Hebbian learning; Plasmid; Single celled organism; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING; HEBBIAN LEARNING; PLASMID; SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EDUCATION;

PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 66849127702     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0344     Document Type: Article

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