Recent applications of metabolomics toward cyanobacteria

Metabolites

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-100

  Schwarz, Doreen ^a   Orf, Isabel ^b   Kopka, Joachim ^b   Hagemann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucose feeding; Inorganic carbon; Modeling; Mutant; Primary metabolism; Stable isotope labeling; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOME; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 85016502347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22181989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/metabo3010072     Document Type: Review

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