An evaluation of minimal cellular functions to sustain a bacterial cell

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Azuma, Yusuke ^a   Ota, Motonori ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENOMICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 71949106492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-3-111     Document Type: Article

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