Experimentally guided computational model discovers important elements for social behavior in myxobacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Hendrata, Melisa ^a   Yang, Zhe ^b   Lux, Renate ^b   Shi, Wenyuan ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BIOPOLYMER;

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 79960439340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022169     Document Type: Article

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