Phenotypic heterogeneity in the bacterial oxidative stress response is driven by cell-cell interactions
Divya Choudhary, Valentine Lagage, Kevin R. Foster, Stephan Uphoff
Abstract
via their individual stress responses. Our work shows how phenotypic heterogeneity in bacterial stress responses can emerge from short-range cell-cell interactions and result in a collective phenotype that protects a large proportion of the population.
Topics & Concepts
PhenotypeCellBiologyGenetic heterogeneityPopulationPhenotypic switchingGeneticsCell biologyGeneDemographySociologyGene Regulatory Network AnalysisCell Image Analysis TechniquesMolecular Communication and Nanonetworks