Phenotypic Diversity as a Mechanism to Exit Cellular Dormancy

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 2272-2277

  Sturm, Alexander ^a   Dworkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

B. subtilis; cellular variability; germination; noise; quiescence; spore

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84940582391     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: 18790445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.018     Document Type: Article

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