Fluxomics - connecting 'omics analysis and phenotypes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1901-1916

  Winter, Gal ^a   Krömer, Jens O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PROTEOMICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLOMICS; PROTEOMICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84880044091     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12064     Document Type: Article

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