A systems biology approach to studying the role of microbes in human health

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-12

  Thiele, Ines ^a   Heinken, Almut ^a   Fleming, Ronan MT ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT-BASED MODELING; GENOME-SCALE METABOLIC NETWORK; HUMAN HEALTH; IN-SILICO; METABOLIC INTERACTIONS; METABOLIC LINKS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOLECULAR RESOLUTION; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

HEALTH; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA;

MUCIN;

BIOFILM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENTERITIS; ENZYME KINETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84872272279     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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