Statistical mechanics for metabolic networks during steady state growth

Single cell growth rate variability has been difficult to understand. Here, the authors apply a generalization of flux balance analysis to single cells based on maximum entropy modeling, and find that growth rate fluctuations of E. coli reflect metabolic flux variability and growth sub-optimality, i...

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Main Authors: Daniele De Martino, Anna MC Andersson, Tobias Bergmiller, Călin C. Guet, Gašper Tkačik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05417-9