Nonadaptive fluctuation in an adaptive sensory system: bacterial chemoreceptor.

BACKGROUND: Sensory systems often exhibit an adaptation or desensitization after a transient response, making the system ready to receive a new signal over a wide range of backgrounds. Because of the strong influence of thermal stochastic fluctuations on the biomolecules responsible for the adaptati...

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Main Authors: Masatoshi Nishikawa, Tatsuo Shibata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2894053?pdf=render