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Phenotypic bistability in Escherichia coli's central carbon metabolism.
Molecular systems biology - 1 Jul 2014
Kotte Oliver, Volkmer Benjamin, Radzikowski Jakub L, Heinemann Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Fluctuations in intracellular molecule abundance can lead to distinct, coexisting phenotypes in isogenic populations. Although metabolism continuously adapts to unpredictable environmental changes, and although bistability was found in certain substrate-uptake pathways, central carbon metabolism is thought to operate deterministically. Here, we combine experiment and theory to demonstrate that a clonal...
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