An agent-based model of signal transduction in bacterial chemotaxis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Miller, Jameson ^a,b   Parker, Miles ^c   Bourret, Robert B ^d   Giddings, Morgan C ^a,b,d,e  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Metascape LLC   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEA KINASE; CHEW PROTEIN; CHEY PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; LIGAND; PROTEIN CHEB; PROTEIN CHER; PROTEIN CHEZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TAR PROTEIN, E COLI;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOMETRY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMORECEPTOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIGANDS; METHYLATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77956283729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009454     Document Type: Article

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