Characterization in silico of flavonoids biosynthesis in Theobroma cacao L.

Network Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-45

  Rodriguez, Arsenio ^a,b   Infante, Diogenes ^a  

^a Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Graph model; Metabolic network; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875660817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22208879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.0000/issn-2220-8879-networkbiology-2011-v1-0003     Document Type: Article

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