The puzzle of the Krebs citric acid cycle: Assembling the pieces of chemically feasible reactions, and opportunism in the design of metabolic pathways during evolution

1996/09/01 by Enrique Meléndez-Hevia, Enrique Meléndez‐Hevia, Thomas G. Waddell +1 · 5 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction #Origins and Evolution of Life #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

paper · doi:10.1007/bf02338838

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