Temporal fluctuations in chemotaxis gain implement a simulated-tempering strategy for efficient navigation in complex environments

Summary: Bacterial chemotaxis is a major testing ground for systems biology, including the role of fluctuations and individual variation. Individual bacteria vary in their tumbling frequency and adaptation time. Recently, large cell-cell variation was also discovered in chemotaxis gain, which determ...

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Main Authors: Omer Karin, Uri Alon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221007641