General solution of the pseudo first-order rate equations for consecutive reactions with identical rate constants

Deranleau, D.A.

Experientia 38(6): 661-662

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0014-4754
PMID: 7106233
Document Number: 192010
The integrated rate equations for any number of consecutive pseudo-first-order reactions A .fwdarw. B .fwdarw. .cntdot.cntdot.cntdot. are given for the case in which the rate constants are all identical. The general solution coincides with the description of a Poisson process, and therefore may be more widely applicable to the kinetics of morphological alterations or other cellular processes than previously supposed.

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