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Is distance from equilibrium a good indicator for a reaction's flux control?

David D van Niekerk1, Erik Rust1, Frank Bruggeman2

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Bio Systems
|August 4, 2023
PubMed

Keywords:
Elasticity coefficientsMetabolic control analysisModel databasesNon equilibrium thermodynamicsRate-limiting step

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