Rule-based simulation of temperate bacteriophage infection: Restriction-modification as a limiter to infection in bacterial populations

BioSystems

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-177

  Gregory, R ^a   Saunders, V A ^b   Saunders, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Bacteria; Bacteriophage; COSMIC Rules; Evolution; Horizontal gene transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE SPREAD; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; HOST PREFERENCE; INFECTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIMICRY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGENY; REINFECTION; SIMULATION; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77952541862     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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