Structural instability in an autophosphorylating kinase switch.
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چکیده
We analyse a simple kinase model that exhibits bistability when there is no protein turnover, and show analytically that the property of being bistable is not necessarily conserved when degradation and synthesis of the kinase are taken into account.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Mathematical biosciences
دوره 219 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009