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A detailed understanding of biochemical networks at the molecular level is essential for studying complex cellular processes. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive description of biochemical networks by considering individual atoms and…
This paper is concerned with the dynamical properties of deterministically modeled chemical reaction systems with mass-action kinetics. Such models are ubiquitously found in chemistry, population biology, and the burgeoning field of systems…
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