Investigation of the central carbon metabolism of Sorangium cellulosum: Metabolic network reconstruction and quantification of pathway fluxes

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-36

  Bolten, Christoph J ^a   Heinzle, Elmar ^a   Müller, Rolf ^a   Wittmann, Christoph ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flux; Maintenance; Myxobacteria; NADPH; Primary metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASPARAGINE; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; NITROGEN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; CARBON; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOLYSIS; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; SORANGIUM CELLULOSUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE;

MYXOCOCCALES; POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASPARAGINE; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYXOCOCCALES; NADP; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY;

EID: 63449129006     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0803.213     Document Type: Article

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