The dissipation reaction in the assimilation process I
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Notwithstanding the great amount of work dedicated to the assimilation process and its kinetics, one does not find in the literature a general analysis of the process from the viewpoint of theoretical chemical kinetics. All considerations on the subject start from special assumptions about the kind of molecules involved in different reactions, whereas, as will be shown, it is possible to make a kinetical analysis without referring to any special model. Such an analysis has the advantage that, so far as it really is com plete, the results are completely general, which means that in some way or another it contains every special model. On the other hand, it has the disadvantage of not giving by itself any information about the exact mechanism of assimilation. In this respect the situation resembles that of thermodynamics in chemistry. In the next paper, however, we shall show that, as in thermodynamics, very little outside information suffices for the general considerations to lead to special conclusions.
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TNO Identifier
359796
Source
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1, pp. 398-406.
Publisher
Elsevier
Collation
9 p.
Place of publication
New York
Pages
398-406
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