Mathematical Modeling and Omic Data Integration to Understand Dynamic Adaptation of Apicomplexan Parasites and Identify Pharmaceutical Targets

A Comprehensive Analysis of Parasite Biology: From Metabolism to Drug Discovery

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 457-486

  Sen, Partho ^a   Vial, Henri J ^a   Radulescu, Ovidiu ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan parasite diseases; Data mining; Epigenomics; Fluxomics; Mathematical modeling; Metabolomics; Omics based approaches; Parasite adaptation dynamics; Proteomics; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017468189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527694082.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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