Diverse metabolic model parameters generate similar methionine cycle dynamics

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 628-639

  Piazza, Matthew ^a   Feng, Xiao Jiang ^a   Rabinowitz, Joshua D ^a   Rabitz, Herschel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical modeling; Cyclic pathway; Data inversion; Metabolism; Parameter identification

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA INVERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MODEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMES; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHIONINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 41049095598     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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