Abstract
Some of the laboratory procedures available for determining the functions in the integral equation established in part I are discussed. The tracer or tagged molecule technique is shown to be especially promising including the use of “double tracer” molecules. Conversely, the integral equation may be a convenient device for correlating and integrating some of the work now being done with tracer molecules in biological systems.
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Branson, H. A mathematical description of metabolizing systems: II. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 9, 93–98 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478295
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