Deciding fate in adverse times: Sporulation and competence in Bacillus subtilis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 21027-21034

  Schultz, Daniel ^a   Wolynes, Peter G ^a   Jacob, Eshel Ben ^a,b   Onuchic, José N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Competence; Gene networks; Sporulation; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

RAP PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CELL FATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOLYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 75849116320     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912185106     Document Type: Article

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