The evolution of connectivity in metabolic networks

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1269-1275

  Pfeiffer, Thomas ^a   Soyer, Orkun S ^a   Bonhoeffer, Sebastian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOMASS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

CARRIER PROTEIN; ENZYME; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLISM; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION;

EID: 22744439567     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030228     Document Type: Article

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