Escherichia coli K-12 undergoes adaptive evolution to achieve in silico predicted optimal growth

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6912, 2002, Pages 186-189

  Ibarra, Rafael U ^a   Edwards, Jeremy S ^a   Palsson, Bernhard O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GLYCEROL; METABOLISM; SUBSTRATES;

OPTIMAL GROWTH;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GLYCEROL;

ADAPTATION; GENOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON SOURCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACETIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; KINETICS; MALATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUCCINIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037079023     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01149     Document Type: Article

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