Flux-sum analysis: A metabolite-centric approach for understanding the metabolic network

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chung, Bevan K S ^a,b   Lee, Dong Yup ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 74549189330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-3-117     Document Type: Article

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