Biological noise abatement: Coordinating the responses of autonomous bacteria in a synthetic biofilm to a fluctuating environment using a stochastic bistable switch

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 286-297

  Nelson, Edward M ^a   Kurz, Volker ^a   Perry, Nicolas ^a   Kyrouac, Douglas ^a   Timp, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

autoregulation; bistability; stochastic noise; synchronization; synthetic biofilm; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL DIVISION; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; LUX GENE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TECHNOLOGY; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84900871692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400052f     Document Type: Article

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