Prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization rates

A model for prion replication is studied. We prove global existence of weak solutions for unbounded polymerization and degradation rates. For bounded degradation rates, the solutions are shown to be classical.

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Main Author: Christoph Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2007-02-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/conf-proc/15/w1/abstr.html
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spelling doaj-36b9763e2d184334ba55bff517b5a7df2020-11-24T23:02:00ZengTexas State UniversityElectronic Journal of Differential Equations1072-66912007-02-01Conference15387397Prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization ratesChristoph WalkerA model for prion replication is studied. We prove global existence of weak solutions for unbounded polymerization and degradation rates. For bounded degradation rates, the solutions are shown to be classical.http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/conf-proc/15/w1/abstr.htmlGlobal existenceclassical and weak solutionsasymptotic behaviorfragmentationprion proliferation.
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author Christoph Walker
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Prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization rates
Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
Global existence
classical and weak solutions
asymptotic behavior
fragmentation
prion proliferation.
author_facet Christoph Walker
author_sort Christoph Walker
title Prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization rates
title_short Prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization rates
title_full Prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization rates
title_fullStr Prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization rates
title_full_unstemmed Prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization rates
title_sort prion proliferation with unbounded polymerization rates
publisher Texas State University
series Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
issn 1072-6691
publishDate 2007-02-01
description A model for prion replication is studied. We prove global existence of weak solutions for unbounded polymerization and degradation rates. For bounded degradation rates, the solutions are shown to be classical.
topic Global existence
classical and weak solutions
asymptotic behavior
fragmentation
prion proliferation.
url http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/conf-proc/15/w1/abstr.html
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