Systems biology of bacterial nitrogen fixation: High-throughput technology and its integrative description with constraint-based modeling

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Resendis Antonio, Osbaldo ^a   Hernández, Magdalena ^a   Salazar, Emmanuel ^a   Contreras, Sandra ^a   Batallar, Gabriel M ^a   Mora, Yolanda ^a   Encarnación, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHASEOLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHASEOLUS; PROTEOMICS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79960886981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-120     Document Type: Article

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