Modeling suggests that gene circuit architecture controls phenotypic variability in a bacterial persistence network

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Koh, Rachel S ^a   Dunlop, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Gene regulatory network; Persister; Toxin antitoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HIPA PROTEIN, E COLI; HIPB PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861162082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-6-47     Document Type: Article

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