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- Title
Metabolic footprinting and systems biology: the medium is the message.
- Authors
Kell, Douglas B.; Brown, Marie; Davey, Hazel M.; Dunn, Warwick B.; Spasic, Irena; Oliver, Stephen G.
- Abstract
One element of classical systems analysis treats a system as a black or grey box, the inner structure and behaviour of which can be analysed and modelled by varying an internal or external condition, probing it from outside and studying the effect of the variation on the external observables. The result is an understanding of the inner make-up and workings of the system. The equivalent of this in biology is to observe what a cell or system excretes under controlled conditions — the 'metabolic footprint' or exometabolome — as this is readily and accurately measurable. Here, we review the principles, experimental approaches and scientific outcomes that have been obtained with this useful and convenient strategy.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL variation; CELLS; METABOLISM; SYSTEM analysis; CHEMICAL elements; BIOLOGY
- Publication
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005, Vol 3, Issue 7, p557
- ISSN
1740-1526
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/nrmicro1177