Exploring the function of bacterial chemotaxis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2018, Pages 16-21

  Wong Ng, Jerome ^a   Celani, Antonio ^b   Vergassola, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMOTAXIS;

EID: 85042191533     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.010     Document Type: Review

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