Metabolic flux balancing: Basic concepts, scientific and practical use

Bio/Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 994-998

  Varma, Amit ^a,b   Palsson, Bernhard O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOENGINEERING; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0028108519     PISSN: 0733222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1094-994     Document Type: Article

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