title: Data for the qualitative modeling of the osmotic stress response to NaCl inEscherichia coli.
abstract: Qualitative modeling approaches allow to provide a coarse-grained description of the functioning of cellular networks when experimental data are scarce and heterogeneous. We translate the primary literature data on the response ofEscherichia colito hyperosmotic stress caused by NaCl addition into a piecewise linear (PL) model. We provide a data file of the qualitative model, which can be used for simulation of changes of protein concentrations and of DNA coiling during the physiological response of the bacterium to the stress. The qualitative model predictions are directly comparable to the available experimental data. This data is related to the research article entitled "Piecewise linear approximations to model the dynamics of adaptation to osmotic stress by food-borne pathogens" (Metris et al., 2016) [1].
authors.affiliation: Inria, Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes Research Center, Saint Ismier, France.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ropers
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK.
authors.forename: Aline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Métris
keywords: Dynamic modelling; Osmotic stress; Piecewise-linear approximations; Systems biology