A Day in the Life of Cell Metabolism

Biological Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-127

  Nijhout, H Frederik ^a   Reed, Michael C ^a   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric Interaction; Biological Theory; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research; Megaloblastic Anemia; Metabolic Control Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85131584888     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2007.2.2.124     Document Type: Article

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