A Simple Self-Maintaining Metabolic System: Robustness, Autocatalysis, Bistability

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Gabriel Piedrafita,

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Francisco Montero,

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Federico Morán,

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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María Luz Cárdenas,

Affiliation Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France
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Athel Cornish-Bowden

* E-mail: acornish@ifr88.cnrs-mrs.fr

Affiliation Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France
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