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Glycolysis: Study Oscillations in Yeast Cells

Glycolytic oscillations in yeast cells of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a well-studied phenomenon. This example simulates the oscillations near a so-called Hopf bifurcation. Changing a parameter slightly around the bifurcation point qualitatively changes the behavior of the system.

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Compare how small changes in the bifurcation parameter affect the oscillations of protein and molecule concentrations.

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ATP oscillations on different
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Hynne et al., 2001. Full-scale model of glycolysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Biophys Chem. 94(1–2):121–63.