[Probabilistic description of the system "ligand-receptor"]
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A BW Reporter System for Studying Receptor-Ligand Interactions
Published on: January 7, 2019
1Research Center of Psychik Health, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The theory of probabilities was used to describe the ligand-receptor interaction. Mean and variance of number ligand-receptor complexes are calculated. It is shown that the mean number of ligand-receptor complexes coincides with that obtained from the law of conservation masses. Proceeding from a ratio of mean and expectation it is shown that the variance of the number of ligand-receptor complexes should be taken into account with concentration of ligand-receptor complexes component less than 1 fmol.
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