A minimal model of metabolism-based chemotaxis

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Egbert, Matthew D ^a   Barandiaran, Xabier E ^a   di Paolo, Ezequiel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; CHEMOTAXI; METABOLISM-INDEPENDENT; MINIMAL MODEL; PROOF OF CONCEPT; PROTOCELLS; SIMPLE++; SIMULATION MODEL;

METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; FUMARATES; METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 78651244766     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001004     Document Type: Article

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