Quantitative prediction of cellular metabolism with constraint-based models: The COBRA Toolbox

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 727-738

  Becker, Scott A ^a   Feist, Adam M ^a   Mo, Monica L ^a   Hannum, Gregory ^a   Palsson, Bernhard Ø ^a   Herrgard, Markus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENOME; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STEADY STATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 34347258175     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.99     Document Type: Article

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