Visualizing patterns of gene expression in growing Bacillus subtilis biofilms

Most bacteria live in surface-attached colonies known as biofilms, which contain distinct cell types embedded in a self-produced extracellular network of polymers. Differentiation into functionally-distinct sub-populations of cells, or phenotypes, is primarily a result of nutrient availability and e...

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Main Author: Sinha, Naveen Neil
Other Authors: Brenner, Michael P.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11183
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11169766