Irreversibility in unbranched pathways: Preferred positions based on regulatory considerations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1174-1185

  Alves, Rui ^a,b,c   Savageau, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA BENTO DA ROCHA CABRAL   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; TECHNIQUE; THERMODYNAMICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035112207     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76094-8     Document Type: Article

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