In Silico evidence for gluconeogenesis from fatty acids in humans

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Kaleta, Christoph ^a   de Figueiredo, Luís F ^a   Werner, Sarah ^a   Guthke, Reinhard ^b   Ristow, Michael ^a,c   Schuster, Stefan ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GLUCOSE; KETONES; METABOLISM;

ACETYL-COA; BIOCHEMICAL IMPLICATIONS; FLUX PATTERNS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; IN-SILICO; LARGE-SCALES; METABOLIC NETWORK; METABOLIC RECONSTRUCTION; PATTERN ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; KETOGENIC DIET; SPORTS MEDICINE; STARVATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA;

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79960955664     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002116     Document Type: Article

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