Conservation of high-flux backbone in alternate optimal and near-optimal flux distributions of metabolic networks

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Samal, Areejit ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternate optima and near optima; Complex network; Flux balance analysis (FBA); Flux plasticity; Flux variability analysis (FVA)

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77649191032     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-009-9025-8     Document Type: Article

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