Central Carbon Metabolism as a Minimal Biochemical Walk between Precursors for Biomass and Energy

Molecular Cell

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 809-820

  Noor, Elad ^a   Eden, Eran ^a   Milo, Ron ^a   Alon, Uri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON METABOLISM; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956501842     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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