In silico insights into the symbiotic nitrogen fixation in sinorhizobium meliloti via metabolic reconstruction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Hansheng ^a,b   Li, Mao ^a   Fang, Kechi ^b   Chen, Wenfeng ^a   Wang, Jing ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOPROCESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LEGUME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHIZOBIACEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84863075976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031287     Document Type: Article

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