Quantitative analysis of the spatiotemporal dynamics of a synthetic predator-prey ecosystem

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 813, Issue , 2012, Pages 315-330

  Payne, Stephen ^a   Smith, Robert Phillip ^a   You, Lingchong ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional communication; Biodiversity; Gene circuit; Microbial consortia; Predatorprey ecosystem; Quorum sensing; Synthetic biology; Synthetic ecosystem

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL MOTION; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREDATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TIME;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CELL MOVEMENT; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82355170280     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-412-4_19     Document Type: Article

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