Is transcriptional regulation of metabolic pathways an optimal strategy for fitness?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Troein, Carl ^a   Ahrén, Dag ^a   Krogh, Morten ^a   Peterson, Carsten ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 41049101166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000855     Document Type: Article

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