How to recognize monofunctional units in a metabolic system

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-228

  Rohwer, Johann M ^a,b   Schuster, Stefan ^b   Westerhoff, Hans V ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL METABOLISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029884590     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0062     Document Type: Article

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