Evolutionary stabilisation of stressful metabolism via integrated biocomputing and essential-gene metabolic locking circuits

Lu, Z.; Barry, C.; Tominaga, M.; Phan, A.; Jahanian, A.; Collier, T. R.; Wendrick, N. A.; Evans, S.; McDonnell, L.; Netzel, G.; McCubbin, T.; John, S.; da Roza, P. A.; Xu, X.; Wang, C.; Ishii, J.; Behrendorff, J.; Beliaev, A. S.; Vickers, C. E.; Peng, B.

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Evolutionary stabilisation of stressful metabolism via integrated biocomputing and essential-gene metabolic locking circuits

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Lu, Z., Barry, C., Tominaga, M., Phan, A., Jahanian, A., Collier, T. R., Wendrick, N. A., Evans, S., McDonnell, L., Netzel, G., McCubbin, T., John, S., da Roza, P. A., Xu, X., Wang, C., Ishii, J., Behrendorff, J., Beliaev, A. S., Vickers, C. E., Peng, B.. 2026-09-03. Evolutionary stabilisation of stressful metabolism via integrated biocomputing and essential-gene metabolic locking circuits. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.01.748751

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