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Energy-based analysis of biomolecular pathways

Peter J Gawthrop1, Edmund J Crampin1,2,3,4

  • 1Systems Biology Laboratory, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|July 11, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
biomolecular systemsbond graphnetwork thermodynamicsreaction kineticsbiomolecular pathway analysisenergy transductionbond graph modelingmetabolic network dynamics

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