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I would like to dedicate this work to Professor Minping Qian on the occasion of her 70th birthday. Her work on mathematical theory of nonequilibrium steady states has had major influence on my scientific career and will have long-lasting consequences in physical and mathematical biochemistry. Also, I am very grateful to Prof. Min Qian, Prof. Hong Qian, and Prof. Daquan Jiang for stimulating discussions.

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Ge, H. (2010). Stochastic-Process Approach to Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Biological Signal Transduction. In: Feng, J., Fu, W., Sun, F. (eds) Frontiers in Computational and Systems Biology. Computational Biology, vol 15. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-196-7_4

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