0 (the study of) the relationship between the quantities of substances involved in a chemical reaction and the substances that are produced as a result of that chemical reaction: --
During the past decade ecological stoichiometry has shed considerable light on the ways that food webs function in the modern world.
Intermediates in the chaperonin-assisted refolding of rhodanese are trapped at low temperature and show a small stoichiometry.
Biological stoichiometry extends this mode of thinking to all types of biological systems.
With respect to proto-biological ecosystems, everything is stoichiometry !
I will argue that biological stoichiometry offers considerable promise to help produce a more coherent picture in the rapidly evolving world of astrobiology.
The framework of biological stoichiometry may serve as one medium for such interdisciplinary cross-talk.
This is obviously a question where ecological stoichiometry has direct relevance and there is a large oceanographic literature related to these issues.
Here, the stoichiometry of chemical complexation and physical formulation may affect cellular uptake.
