Most swimming bacteria are capable of following gradients of nutrients, signaling molecules
and other environmental factors that affect bacterial physiology. This tactic behavior became …

Literature covered: early 2000s to late 2017 Bacteria frequently exchange metabolites with
other micro-and macro-organisms. In these often obligate cross-feeding interactions, primary …

Motile Escherichia coli cells track gradients of attractant and repellent chemicals in their
environment with transmembrane chemoreceptor proteins. These receptors operate in …

Praise for the first edition:… superb, beautifully written and organized work that takes an
engineering approach to systems biology. Alon provides nicely written appendices to …

One of the major challenges in modern biology is to understand how the molecular
components of a living cell operate in a highly noisy environment. What are the specific …

The structure of the rotary motor was described in Chapter 9 (Fig. 9.3) and its assembly was
discussed in Chapter 10. Here, I will say more about function. Given that the diameter of the …

Sensory adaptation is an essential part of biological neural systems for sustaining human
life. Using the light-induced halide phase segregation of CsPb (Br1–x I x) 3 perovskite, we …

Bacteria must be able to respond to a changing environment, and one way to respond is to
move. The transduction of sensory signals alters the concentration of small phosphorylated …

Adaptation is the essential process by which an organism becomes better suited to its
environment. The benefits of adaptation are well documented, but the cost it incurs remains …

I discuss advances in the cell cycle in the 21 years since cyclin was discovered. The
surprising redundancy amongst the classical cyclins (A, B, and E) and cyclin-dependent …