Decoupling environment-dependent and independent genetic robustness across bacterial species

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Freilich, Shiri ^a   Kreimer, Anat ^a,b   Borenstein, Elhanan ^c,d   Gophna, Uri ^a   Sharan, Roded ^a   Ruppin, Eytan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METABOLITES;

ADAPTIVE SELECTION; BACTERIAL SPECIES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONDITION; DECOUPLINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN; INTRINSIC FACTORS; LARGE-SCALES; METABOLIC NETWORK;

METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77649227213     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000690     Document Type: Article

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