E. coli superdiffusion and chemotaxis-search strategy, precision, and motility

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 946-957

  Matthaus F ^a   Jagodic M ^b   Dobnikar, J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL ENZYME CHER; CHEMOATTRACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 69349096755     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.04.065     Document Type: Article

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