The small world inside large metabolic networks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1478, 2001, Pages 1803-1810

  Wagner, A ^a   Fell, D A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Graph theory; Metabolism; Origin of life; Small world

Indexed keywords

TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATABOLISM; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035823264     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1711     Document Type: Article

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