Understanding metabolism with flux analysis: From theory to application

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue , 2017, Pages 94-102

  Dai, Ziwei ^a   Locasale, Jason W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer metabolism; Metabolic flux analysis

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMORS;

CELLULAR COMPARTMENTS; ITS APPLICATIONS; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLIC NETWORK; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL SIMPLIFICATION; QUALITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; STABLE-ISOTOPE LABELING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; TUMOR CELL; ANIMAL; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85008620712     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.09.005     Document Type: Review

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