Bacterial persistence from a system-level perspective

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 98-105

  Radzikowski, Jakub Leszek ^a   Schramke, Hannah ^a   Heinemann, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; METABOLIC FLUX; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; STOCHASTICITY; STRONG PERTURBATIONS; SYSTEM LEVELS;

METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PERSISTENCE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; STRESS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 85015004959     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.02.012     Document Type: Review

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