Reconstruction of the central carbon metabolism of Aspergillus niger

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 4243-4253

  David, Helga ^a   Åkesson, Mats ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Flux balance analysis; Functional genomics; Metabolic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON METABOLISM; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER MODEL; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, FUNGAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0242267924     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03798.x     Document Type: Article

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