Environmental sensing, information transfer, and cellular decision-making

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-155

  Bowsher, Clive G ^a   Swain, Peter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; EXTRACELLULAR; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; ISOGENIC; OPTIMALITY; SEQUENTIAL DATA; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

DECISION MAKING;

BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84900990155     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.04.010     Document Type: Review

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