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... protein 0.0087 proteins of liver and serum 0.0693 protein of musculature and other organs 0.0044 Table 6.3 Rate of mitosis in rat tissues . ( After F. D. BERTALANFFY 1960 ) Organs without mitosis nerve cells , neuroepithelium ...
... protein 0.0087 proteins of liver and serum 0.0693 protein of musculature and other organs 0.0044 Table 6.3 Rate of mitosis in rat tissues . ( After F. D. BERTALANFFY 1960 ) Organs without mitosis nerve cells , neuroepithelium ...
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... protein synthesis ( A : amino acids , B : protein , C : deamination products ; k1 : polymerization of amino acids into protein , k ,: depolymeri- zation , kg : deamination ; k < k1 , energy supply for protein synthesis not indicated ) ...
... protein synthesis ( A : amino acids , B : protein , C : deamination products ; k1 : polymerization of amino acids into protein , k ,: depolymeri- zation , kg : deamination ; k < k1 , energy supply for protein synthesis not indicated ) ...
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... protein / kg . body wt./day for man were calculated ( von Bertalanffy , 1938 ) . De- terminations of protein catabolism then available did not agree with these predictions : protein loss determined by minimum N - excretion was 0.00282 ...
... protein / kg . body wt./day for man were calculated ( von Bertalanffy , 1938 ) . De- terminations of protein catabolism then available did not agree with these predictions : protein loss determined by minimum N - excretion was 0.00282 ...
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Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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