Recent advances in systems microbiology

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 577-581

  Kay, Emily ^a,b   Wren, Brendan W ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349731640     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.08.007     Document Type: Review

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