Conditional Cooperativity of Toxin - Antitoxin Regulation Can Mediate Bistability between Growth and Dormancy

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Cataudella, Ilaria ^a   Sneppen, Kim ^a   Gerdes, Kenn ^b   Mitarai, Namiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BI-STABILITY; COOPERATIVITY; DORMANT STATE; GROWTH-INHIBITION ACTIVITIES; SIMPLE++; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COMPLEX FORMATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; TOXIN ANTITOXIN SYSTEM;

EID: 84883401486     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003174     Document Type: Article

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