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View SchemaHomochiral growth through enantiomeric cross-inhibition
| Authors | A. Brandenburg, A. C. Andersen, S. Höfner, M. Nilsson |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | q-bio/0401036 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0401036 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11084-005-0656-9 |
| Journal | Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 35, 225-241 (2005) |
Abstract
The stability and conservation properties of a recently proposed polymerization model are studied. The achiral (racemic) solution is linearly unstable once the relevant control parameter (here the fidelity of the catalyst) exceeds a critical value. The growth rate is calculated for different fidelity parameters and cross-inhibition rates. A chirality parameter is defined and shown to be conserved by the nonlinear terms of the model. Finally, a truncated version of the model is used to derive a set of two ordinary differential equations and it is argued that these equations are more realistic than those used in earlier models of that form.
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"title": "Homochiral growth through enantiomeric cross-inhibition",
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