title: What do cells actually want?
abstract: Genome-scale models require an objective function representing what an organism strives for. A method has been developed to infer this fundamental biological function from data.Please see related Research article: www.dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-0968-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0412, USA.
authors.forename: Adam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Feist
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0412, USA. palsson@eng.ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Bernhard O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Palsson