What Should a Theory of Metabolic Control Offer to the Experimenter?

  • Daniel E. Atkinson
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Part of the NATO ASI Series book series (NSSA, volume 190)

Abstract

In his preparations for this symposium, Athel Comish-Bowden mentioned a desire to present control theory to experimentalists in such a way as to persuade them that their subject could advance more rapidly with more attention to theoretical ideas. He is also inviting some experimentalists to indicate what they think a useful theory should offer, and has asked me to attempt to assess in the final chapter the extent to which the others have offered experimentalists a workable approach to metabolic control.

Keywords

Kinetic Order Metabolic Regulation Metabolic Model Regulatory Enzyme Elasticity Coefficient 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Daniel E. Atkinson
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  1. 1.Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesUSA

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