A systematic comparison of the MetaCyc and KEGG pathway databases

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Altman, Tomer ^a   Travers, Michael ^a   Kothari, Anamika ^a   Caspi, Ron ^a   Karp, Peter D ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Database comparison; Pathway databases

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; AS RELATIONSHIPS; GENOME ANALYSIS; METABOLIC MODELING; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; PATHWAY DATABASE; RELATIVE SIZES; SPONTANEOUS REACTIONS;

METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; FUNGI; METAZOA;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENZYMES; GENOME; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

EID: 84875317202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-112     Document Type: Article

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