Optimal stoichiometric designs of ATP-producing systems as determined by an evolutionary algorithm

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-61

  Stephani, Amadeus ^a   Nuño, Juan Carlos ^b   Heinrich, Reinhart ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; EVOLUTION; GLYCOLYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033532830     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0942     Document Type: Article

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