Characterizing the metabolism of Dehalococcoides with a constraint-based model

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Ahsanul Islam, M ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a   Mahadevan, Radhakrishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN;

CARCINOGENICS; CHLORO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CONSTRAINT-BASED; CONSTRAINT-BASED MODELING; CONSTRAINTS-BASED MODELING; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; GENOME-SCALE METABOLIC NETWORK; METABOLIC GENES; NETWORK-BASED; WATER POLLUTANTS;

GENES;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIMULATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 78049442430     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000887     Document Type: Article

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