A Design Principle of Group-level Decision Making in Cell Populations

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Fujimoto, Koichi ^a   Sawai, Satoshi ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; GENES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BI-STABILITY; CELL POPULATIONS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE CIRCUITS; GROUP LEVEL; QUORUM-SENSING; SWITCH STATE;

CELL CULTURE;

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; DECISION MAKING; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879542684     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003110     Document Type: Article

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