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Cell individuality: the bistability of competence development.

Trends in microbiology - 1 Oct 2005

Avery Simon V

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Heterogeneous development of competence among cells of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis provides an appealing model of cell individuality, an area that is currently attracting considerable research interest. Under appropriate conditions, only a fraction of cells in an isogenic culture become competent for transformation. Two experimental studies have now pinpointed the same auto-stimulatory feedback loop of gene...

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PMID: 16112577
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2005.08.006

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