Metabolic Adaptation Processes That Converge to Optimal Biomass Flux Distributions.

In simple organisms like E.coli, the metabolic response to an external perturbation passes through a transient phase in which the activation of a number of latent pathways can guarantee survival at the expenses of growth. Growth is gradually recovered as the organism adapts to the new condition. Thi...

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Main Authors: Claudio Altafini, Giuseppe Facchetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4560427?pdf=render