A depth-first search algorithm to compute elementary flux modes by linear programming

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Quek, Lake Ee ^a   Nielsen, Lars K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elementary mode; Extreme pathway; Linear programming; Memory; Parallel; Rank

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; VALINE;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMICS; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; VALINE;

EID: 84904770414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12918-014-0094-2     Document Type: Article

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