Reconstruction and flux-balance analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum metabolic network

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Plata, Germán ^a   Hsiao, Tzu Lin ^a   Olszewski, Kellen L ^b   Llinás, Manuel ^b   Vitkup, Dennis ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flux balance analysis; Plasmodium falciparum metabolism; systems biology

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77956419824     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2010.60     Document Type: Article

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