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. 2012 Feb;23(4):517-9.
doi: 10.1091/mbc.E11-07-0643.

Some lessons about models from Michaelis and Menten

Jeremy Gunawardena  1
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Some lessons about models from Michaelis and Menten

Jeremy Gunawardena. Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Feb.

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  • Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Jul;23(14):2819

Abstract

Michaelis and Menten's classic 1913 paper on enzyme kinetics is used to draw some lessons about the relationship between mathematical models and biological reality.

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