Reverse engineering of bacterial regulatory networks

Daniel Lobo, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC
Madhavi Avadhani, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC
Mikhail Plungis, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC
Caroline Larkin, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC
Mark Ebeid, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC

Cellvibrio bacteria utilize glucose and cellobiose in differing manners. We are using automated methods to discover the regulatory network of several genes involved in metabolizing these carbohydrates.