Maximum entropy decomposition of flux distribution at steady state to elementary modes

Quanyu Zhao1, Hiroyuki Kurata

  • 1Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan.

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