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Bistability caused by Substrate Inhibition of Peroxidase in an Open Reaction System

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SEVERAL, authors have suggested that more than one stable stationary state exists in an open homogeneous reaction system, and this suggestion has served as a basis for speculative explanations of various biological phenomena1–4. Although bistability is well known in open heterogeneous chemical reaction systems, as for example an electrolysis cell with a passivable electrode6, it seems that bistability has never been observed in an open homogeneous system. This communication describes such a case.

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DEGN, H. Bistability caused by Substrate Inhibition of Peroxidase in an Open Reaction System. Nature 217, 1047–1050 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171047b0

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