Autocatalysis in Biological Systems

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-562

  Gadgil, Chetan J ^a   Kulkarni, B D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Autocatalysls; Biochemical system; Coupled nonlinear reaction networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849099799     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11842     Document Type: Article

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