Applications of genome-scale metabolic models in biotechnology and systems medicine

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Hua, Qiang ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION CENTER FOR BIOMANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Genome scale metabolic models; In silico metabolic engineering; Metabolic capability analysis; Systems biology; Systems medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENOME; MODEL;

EID: 84962176145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00413     Document Type: Short Survey

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