The Evolution of Cell-to-Cell Communication in a Sporulating Bacterium

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  van Gestel, Jordi ^a   Nowak, Martin A ^b   Tarnita, Corina E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPES; CELL-TO-CELL COMMUNICATION; DIFFERENTIATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS; MOLECULAR SIGNALS;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENOTYPE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; QUORUM SENSING; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872040996     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002818     Document Type: Article

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