Directional persistence and the optimality of run-and-tumble chemotaxis

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-274

  Nicolau Jr , Dan V ^a,b   Armitage, Judith P ^c   Maini, Philip K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; E. coli; Evolution; Modelling; Persistence; Random walk

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXIS; E. COLI; EVOLUTION; MODELLING; PERSISTENCE; RANDOM WALK;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

SIMULATORS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68749109249     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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