Computer model is 'crystal ball' for E. coli bacteria
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 05:31
in Biology & Nature
It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, and even more so when they involve the reactions of living cells -- huge numbers of genes, proteins and enzymes, embedded in complex pathways and feedback loops. Yet researchers are attempting just that, building a computer model that predicts the behavior of a single cell of the bacterium Escherichia coli.