A modular gradient-sensing network for chemotaxis in Escherichia coli revealed by responses to time-varying stimuli

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shimizu, Thomas S ^a,c   Tu, Yuhai ^b   Berg, Howard C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adaptation; feedback; fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET); frequency response; Monod Wyman Changeux (MWC) model

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS SECRETION COUPLING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; QUORUM SENSING; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CALIBRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN KINASES; QUORUM SENSING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954024185     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2010.37     Document Type: Article

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