Excitation and adaptation in bacteria-a model signal transduction system that controls taxis and spatial pattern formation

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 9205-9248

  Othmer, Hans G ^a   Xin, Xiangrong ^a   Xue, Chuan ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Methylation; Phosphorylation; Signal transduction; Tar receptor

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DIMERIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84876908077     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14059205     Document Type: Article

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