Optimal strategy for competence differentiation in bacteria

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wylie, C Scott ^a,d   Trout, Aaron D ^b   Kessler, David A ^c   Levine, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHATHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78049419053     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001108     Document Type: Article

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