Bacterial sugar utilization gives rise to distinct single-cell behaviours

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1093-1103

  Afroz, Taliman ^a   Biliouris, Konstantinos ^b   Kaznessis, Yiannis ^b   Beisel, Chase L ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ARABINOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE DEACETYLASE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SUGAR UTILIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; HYSTERESIS; INDUCIBLE CATABOLISM; INDUCIBLE TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SUGAR BIOSYNTHESIS; SUGAR CATABOLISM; TRANSPORT AND BINDING PHENOMENA; WILD TYPE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908423993     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12695     Document Type: Article

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