Alteration of Chemical Concentrations through Discreteness-Induced Transitions in Small Autocatalytic Systems
Biological Physics
2007-05-23 v2 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Subcellular Processes
Abstract
We study an autocatalytic system consisting of several interacting chemical species. We observe a strong dependence of the concentrations of the chemicals on the size of the system. This dependence is caused by the discrete nature of the molecular concentrations. Two basic mechanisms responsible for them are identified and elucidated. The relevance of the transitions to processes in biochemical systems and in micro-reactors is briefly discussed.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0109064,
title = {Alteration of Chemical Concentrations through Discreteness-Induced Transitions in Small Autocatalytic Systems},
author = {Yuichi Togashi and Kunihiko Kaneko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0109064},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages, 11 figures, latex, to appear in Jour. Phys. Soc. Jpn