Optimality principles in the regulation of metabolic networks

Metabolites

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-552

  Berkhout, Jan ^a,b   Bruggeman, Frank J ^a,c,d   Teusink, Bas ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Institute Systems Biology (NISB)   (Netherlands)

^d CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Design principles; Metabolic regulatory networks; Optimal regulation; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC BALANCE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 85016890954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22181989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/metabo2030529     Document Type: Review

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