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Stability and enzyme separation: Integral representation of the solutions

  • Paper from the Dissipative Structures Section of the Tenth Symposium on Biomathematics and Computer Science in the Life Sciences, University of Texas, Houston. March 29–31, 1973
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Two enzymes, cross-coupled through their respective products, are membrane-bound and thereby separated from each other. The cross-coupling is of opposite character and diffusion limited, i.e. an activation-inhibition couple with a diffusion-induced time-lag. In this paper an integral representation for the solutions of the dynamic equations is developed using the Green's function technique, and an application to morphological changes in the mitochrondrion is discussed.

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Proceedings article from the Dissipative Structures Section of the Tenth Symposium on Biomathematics and Computer Science in the Life Sciences, University of Texas, Houston. March 29–31, 1973. Symposium Chairman: Stuart O. Zimmerman. Session Chairman and Proceedings Editors: Charles Walter and Hugo M. Martinez.

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Thames, H.D. Stability and enzyme separation: Integral representation of the solutions. Bltn Mathcal Biology 36, 197–203 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458603

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