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Towards an object-oriented framework for the modeling of integrated metabolic processes

  • Models of Gene Regulation and Metabolic Pathways
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Bioinformatics (GCB 1996)

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This contribution aims at the development of a modular and object-oriented framework for the modeling of the entity of all metabolic reactions including their regulations as a collection of interacting subsystems. The purposes of this framework lie in facilitating model development, adaption and reuse. Additionally, the presented methodology can be seen as a first step towards the development of a common communication framework, to support the interdisciplinary research in biotechnology and biochemical engineering. For the development of this framework ideas from general system theory, object-oriented programming and knowledge representation are employed.

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Breuel, G., Gilles, E.D. (1997). Towards an object-oriented framework for the modeling of integrated metabolic processes. In: Hofestädt, R., Lengauer, T., Löffler, M., Schomburg, D. (eds) Bioinformatics. GCB 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1278. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0033207

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