Cooperativity

  • Moisés Santillán
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Part of the Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences book series (LMML)

Abstract

In the present chapter we generalize the results in the previous chapter to study one of the most fascinating biochemical phenomena: the cooperative interaction between two or more ligands that bind a single receptor (or simply cooperativity). Once more, we make use of our previous knowledge to carefully analyze the dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of this phenomenon.

Keywords

Master Equation Multinomial Distribution Receptor Molecule Single Receptor Positive Cooperativity 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Moisés Santillán
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  1. 1.Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav)Unidad MonterreyApodacaMéxico

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