General theory for integrated analysis of growth, gene, and protein expression in biofilms.

A theory for analysis and prediction of spatial and temporal patterns of gene and protein expression within microbial biofilms is derived. The theory integrates phenomena of solute reaction and diffusion, microbial growth, mRNA or protein synthesis, biomass advection, and gene transcript or protein...

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Main Authors: Tianyu Zhang, Breana Pabst, Isaac Klapper, Philip S Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3871705?pdf=render