Why are most flux control coefficients so small?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-258

  Mazat, Jean Pierre ^a   Reder, Christine ^a   Letellier, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030574085     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0162     Document Type: Article

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