The last generation of bacterial growth in limiting nutrient

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bren, Anat ^a   Hart, Yuval ^a   Dekel, Erez ^a   Koster, Daniel ^a   Alon, Uri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Gene expression; Monod law; Nitrogen assimilation; Nutrient limitation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARBON; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE I; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

CARBON; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875325075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-7-27     Document Type: Article

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