The multifarious short-term regulation of ammonium assimilation of Escherichia coli: Dissection using an in silico replica

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1965-1985

  Bruggeman, Frank J ^a   Boogerd, Fred C ^a   Westerhoff, Hans V ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STELLENBOSCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ammonium assimilation; Glutamine synthetase; Robustness; Silicon cell; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; CARBON; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17444406291     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04626.x     Document Type: Article

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