Variations in metabolic pathways create challenges for automated metabolic reconstructions: Examples from the tetrahydrofolate synthesis pathway

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 41-50

  De Crécy Lagard, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic reconstruction; Non orthologous displacements; Paralogs

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DATABASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84930382531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20010370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2014.05.008     Document Type: Review

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