Single cell kinetics of phenotypic switching in the arabinose utilization system of E. coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Fritz, Georg ^a   Megerle, Judith A ^a   Westermayer, Sonja A ^a   Brick, Delia ^a   Heermann, Ralf ^a   Jung, Kirsten ^a   Rädler, Joachim O ^a   Gerland, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; ARAJ PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARAC PROTEIN; ARAC PROTEIN, E COLI; ARAE PROTEIN, E COLI; ARAJ PROTEIN, E COLI; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABAD GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARABINOSE; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84896303830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089532     Document Type: Article

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