Expanding a dynamic flux balance model of yeast fermentation to genome-scale

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vargas, Felipe A ^a   Pizarro, Francisco ^a   Pérez Correa, J Ricardo ^a   Agosin, Eduardo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79955987608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-75     Document Type: Article

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