Dynamical consequences of bandpass feedback loops in a bacterial phosphorelay

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Sen, Shaunak ^a   Garcia Ojalvo, Jordi ^b   Elowitz, Michael B ^c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPO0A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KINA PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROTEIN KINASE; SPO0A PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PHOSPHORELAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BANDPASS FEEDBACK LOOP; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80053308818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025102     Document Type: Article

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