A Peptide-Based Method for 13C Metabolic Flux Analysis in Microbial Communities

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Ghosh, Amit ^a,b   Nilmeier, Jerome ^a,b   Weaver, Daniel ^a,b   Adams, Paul D ^a,b,c   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c,d   Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila ^a,b   Petzold, Christopher J ^a,b   Martín, Héctor García ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS;

13-C LABELING; AMINO-ACIDS; COMMUNITY IS; LABELINGS; METABOLIC FLUX; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLITE EXCHANGES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL SPECIES; PEPTIDE SEQUENCES;

PEPTIDES;

CARBON 13;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLITE; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 84907587772     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003827     Document Type: Article

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