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. 2010 Dec 2;6(12):e1001004. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001004

Table 1. Constants.

Free energies
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Reaction activation energies
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Reaction rate constants
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Degradation rate constants
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Constant parameters used in the model. Reaction and degradation rate-constants are determined according to formulas applied to the free-energies and activation energies which are hand-designed to adhere to the constraints inherent in our definition of a minimal metabolism and to display the phenomena of interest.