Flux balance analysis reveals acetate metabolism modulates cyclic electron flow and alternative glycolytic pathways in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue JUNE, 2015, Pages

  Chapman, Stephen P ^a   Paget, Caroline M ^a   Johnson, Giles N ^a   Schwartz, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetate metabolism; Cyclic electron flow; Flux balance analysis; Glycolysis; Green algae; Metabolic model; Mixotrophic growth; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84936970780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00474     Document Type: Article

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