A cell-based model for quorum sensing in heterogeneous bacterial colonies

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Melke, Pontus ^a   Sahlin, Patrik ^a   Levchenko, Andre ^b   Jönsson, Henrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HEALTH; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AUTOINDUCERS; BACTERIAL COLONIES; CELL DENSITY; CELL-BASED; MICROCOLONIES; PRODUCER CELLS; QUORUM-SENSING; SENSING MECHANISM; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL; UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDICTION; QUORUM SENSING; SIMULATION; ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77955490025     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000819     Document Type: Article

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