Metabolic robustness and network modularity: A model study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Holme, Petter ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVALUATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EFFICIENCY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; KINETICS; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLIC PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79551636768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016605     Document Type: Article

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