Systemic approaches to biodegradation

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-108

  Trigo, Almudena ^a   Valencia, Alfonso ^a   Cases, Ildefonso ^a  

^a Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biological databases; Bioremediation; Metabolic networks; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GENOMICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEOMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 57549083624     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00143.x     Document Type: Review

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