The principle of flux minimization and its application to estimate stationary fluxes in metabolic networks

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2905-2922

  Holzhütter, Hermann Georg ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flux balance; Kinetic model; Metabolic network; Optimality principle; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL METABOLISM; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ERYTHROCYTE; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLITE; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTES; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS;

EID: 3242795003     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04213.x     Document Type: Article

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