MC3: A steady-state model and constraint consistency checker for biochemical networks

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yousofshahi, Mona ^a   Ullah, Ehsan ^a   Stern, Russell ^a   Hassoun, Soha ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency checking; Constraint based modeling; Model reuse; Model validation; Pathway analysis

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHO CELL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRICETULUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAMSTER; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; CHO CELL LINE; PROCEDURES;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84887858848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-7-129     Document Type: Article

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