Figure 4.

Plot showing the transition from direct degradation of the dimer to degradation through dissociation into rapidly degrading monomers, as shown in Equation (39). The (λ₁ + λ_c)/(λ₂ + λ_c) ratio, which determines the concentration at the transition, was set to 20. When the dimer concentration, r₂, passes K₂, the downward slope approaches the fast monomer degradation rate, which reflects the transition to degradation via the monomer channel.