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ArticleBiophysical journal2001

Multi-stage regulation, a key to reliable adaptive biochemical pathways.

G Almogy, L Stone, N Ben-Tal

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Reaction-diffusion systems in intracellular molecular transport and control.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2010
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  6. Single-cell FRET imaging of phosphatase activity in the Escherichia coli chemotaxis system.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2004
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G AlmogyBiomathematics Unit, Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
L Stone
N Ben-Tal
Tel Aviv University · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A general "multi-stage" regulation model, based on linearly connected regulatory units, is formulated to demonstrate how biochemical pathways may achieve high levels of accuracy. The general mechanism, which is robust to changes in biochemical parameters, such as protein concentration and kinetic rate constants, is incorporated into a mathematical model of the bacterial chemotaxis network and provides a new framework for explaining regulation and adaptiveness in this extensively studied system. Although conventional theories suggest that methylation feedback pathways are responsible for chemotactic regulation, the model, which is deduced from known experimental data, indicates that protein interactions downstream of the bacterial receptor complex, such as CheAs and CheZ, may play a crucial and complementary role.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsHomeostasisBacterial Physiological PhenomenaChemotaxisEscherichia coliKineticsMembrane ProteinsMethyl-Accepting Chemotaxis ProteinsMethylationModels, TheoreticalBacterial ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMethyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins

Identifiers

PMID11720972
PMCPMC1301766
OpenAlexW2017823933

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