On the validity of the quasi-steady stat
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A. Rami Tzafriri; Elazer R. Edelman
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Article
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2005
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Two-step binding kinetics are extensively used to study the relative importance of diffusion in biochemical reactions. Classical analysis of this problem assumes ad hoc that the encounter complex is at quasi-steady state (QSS). Using scaling arguments we derive a criterion for the validity of this a