Metabolic division of labor in microbial systems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 2526-2531

  Tsoi, Ryan ^a   Wu, Feilun ^a   Zhang, Carolyn ^a   Bewick, Sharon ^b   Karig, David ^c   You, Lingchong ^a,d,e  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Mathematical modeling; Metabolic engineering; Microbial communities; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC DIVISION OF LABOR; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; KINETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 85042945355     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1716888115     Document Type: Article

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