Escherichia coli autoinducer-2 uptake network does not display hysteretic behavior but AI-2 synthesis rate controls transient bifurcation

BioSystems

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-26

  Gonzalez Barrios, Andres F ^a,b   Achenie, Luke E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

AI 2 uptake; E. coli; Quorum sensing; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER 2; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; PROTEIN LSRR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIFURCATION; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYSTERESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 70649112202     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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