In 1965, Monod, Wyman and Changeux put forward the MWC model for cooperative binding of ligands to oligomeric proteins, which also produced the MWC equation above. Give a detailed discussion on this model under the following points:  Hoe die MWC model koöperatiwiteit verklaar. / How the MWC model accounts for cooperative effects.

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