Dynamic modeling of cooperative protein secretion in microorganism populations

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-63

  Elhanati, Yuval ^a   Schuster, Stefan ^b   Brenner, Naama ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Microorganisms; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Population dynamics; Protein secretion

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN; SECRETION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; YEAST;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; YEASTS;

EID: 79959510303     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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