Identifying Constraints that Govern Cell Behavior: A Key to Converting Conceptual to Computational Models in Biology?

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 763-772

  Covert, Markus W ^a   Famili, Iman ^a   Palsson, Bernhard O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Constraints; Extreme pathway analysis; Flux balance analysis (FBA); Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ACCURACY; CELL FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0347762745     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10849     Document Type: Review

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