A simple model for the early events of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Modeling bacterial swarming as the movement of an "activation zone"

Keyphrases

• Early Events 100%
• Bacterial Swarming 100%
• Activation Sites 100%
• Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) 100%
• Quorum Sensing 100%
• Quorum Sensing Genes 100%
• Public Goods 66%
• Exogenous Signals 66%
• N-acyl Homoserine Lactone 66%
• Well-defined 33%
• Nutrient Sensing 33%
• Exogenous Cue 33%
• Gene Regulation 33%
• High Cell Density 33%
• LasR 33%
• Open Systems 33%
• Colony Growth 33%
• Metabolism 33%
• RhlI 33%
• Overconsumption 33%
• Simplified numerical Model 33%
• Random Motion 33%
• LasI 33%
• Cell Density 33%
• Density Dependence 33%
• Knockout mutant 33%
• RhlR 33%
• Intercellular Communication 33%
• Model Complexity 33%
• Bacterial Colony Pattern 33%
• Secreted Factors 33%
• Concentration Gradient 33%
• Emergent Properties 33%
• Chemotactic Agent 33%
• Environmental Signals 33%

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

• Quorum Sensing 100%
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa 100%
• Cell Density 33%
• Gene Control 16%
• Bacterium Colony 16%
• Motion 16%
• Metabolic Pathway 16%
• Enzyme 16%
• Cell Communication 16%
• Wild Type 16%
• Genomics 16%

Immunology and Microbiology

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa 100%
• Quorum Sensing 100%
• Cell Density 33%
• Homoserine 33%
• Wild Type 16%
• Cell Communication 16%
• Bacterium Colony 16%
• Motion 16%
• Gene Control 16%