Prospects for systems biology and modeling of the gut microbiome

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 251-258

  Karlsson, Fredrik H ^a   Nookaew, Intawat ^a   Petranovic, Dina ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM;

GENOME SCALE METABOLIC MODEL; HOST INTERACTIONS; HUMAN INTESTINE; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MICROBIOME; MICROBIOTAS; MOUSE MODELS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTERITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOME; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79956157487     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2011.01.009     Document Type: Review

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