Optimality and robustness in quorum sensing (QS)-mediated regulation of a costly public good enzyme

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 19810-19815

  Pai, Anand ^a   Tanouchi, Yu ^a   You, Lingchong ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial communication; Social evolution; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DENSITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870372913     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211072109     Document Type: Article

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