Molecular bureaucracy: Who controls the delays? Transient times in branched pathways and their control

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-339

  Meléndez Hevia, Enrique ^a   Sicilia, Joaquín ^a   Ramos, María Teresa ^a   Canela, Enric I ^b   Cascante, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOLIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; THEORY;

EID: 0030574083     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0172     Document Type: Article

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