Reversible and noisy progression towards a commitment point enables adaptable and reliable cellular Decision-Making

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kuchina, Anna ^a,b   Espinar, Lorena ^c   Garcia Ojalvo, Jordi ^c   Süel, Gürol M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELLULARS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRACELLULAR CONDITIONS; GENES EXPRESSION; MODEL ORGANISMS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINGLE CELLS; SPORE FORMATION;

DECISION MAKING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RELIABILITY; SPOROGENESIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 81355164151     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002273     Document Type: Article

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