Saturation Behavior: a general relationship described by a simple second-order differential equation |
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Authors: | Gordon R Kepner |
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Institution: | (1) Membrane Studies Project, PO Box 14180, 55414 Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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Abstract: | Background The numerous natural phenomena that exhibit saturation behavior, e.g., ligand binding and enzyme kinetics, have been approached, to date, via empirical and particular analyses. This paper presents
a mechanism-free, and assumption-free, second-order differential equation, designed only to describe a typical relationship
between the variables governing these phenomena. It develops a mathematical model for this relation, based solely on the analysis
of the typical experimental data plot and its saturation characteristics. Its utility complements the traditional empirical
approaches. |
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