Physics In Molecular Biology

Author : Kim Sneppen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521844192
Total Pages : 328 pages
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Download or read book Physics in Molecular Biology written by Kim Sneppen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2005, is a discussion for advanced physics students of how to use physics to model biological systems.

Author : W.C.K. Poon
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 142000333X
Total Pages : 340 pages
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Download or read book Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology written by W.C.K. Poon and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soft condensed matter physics, which emerged as a distinct branch of physics in the 1990s, studies complex fluids: liquids in which structures with length scale between the molecular and the macroscopic exist. Polymers, liquid crystals, surfactant solutions, and colloids fall into this category. Physicists deal with properties of soft matter system

Author : Hans Frauenfelder
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441910441
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Physics of Proteins written by Hans Frauenfelder and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-05-30 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to the structure and function of biomolecules --- especially proteins --- and the physical tools used to investigate them The discussion concentrates on physical tools and properties, emphasizing techniques that are contributing to new developments and avoiding those that are already well established and whose results have already been exploited fully New tools appear regularly - synchrotron radiation, proton radiology, holography, optical tweezers, and muon radiography, for example, have all been used to open new areas of understanding

Author : M Volkenstein
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323160735
Total Pages : 175 pages
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Download or read book Physics and Biology written by M Volkenstein and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physics and Biology demonstrates the unlimited possibilities of physics in explaining a variety of biological phenomena. It explores developments in biophysics and the most general problems of biological thermodynamics, information theory, and the physical theory of biological development and how they are all connected with the biophysics of complicated systems. Organized into 13 chapters, this volume begins with a historical overview of biophysics, with emphasis on molecular biophysics, followed by a discussion of the biophysics of the cell and of complicated systems. It then introduces the reader to the physical basis of theoretical chemistry and biologically functional substances, with emphasis on some concepts that are necessary for the understanding of molecular biophysics. The next chapters focus on some properties of biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids, how molecules interact with each other, and the peculiarities of macromolecules. More specifically, the molecules of organic substances, the chemical reaction involved in molecular interactions, van der Waals forces, and the role of hydrogen bonds in biological processes are considered. The final chapter analyzes the physicochemical basis of the functions of biological molecules. This book will be a valuable resource for physicists, biologists, chemists, natural scientists, and anyone who wants help in tackling some important biophysics-related problems in the contemporary natural sciences.

Author : Henrik Flyvbjerg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783540624752
Total Pages : 366 pages
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Download or read book Physics of Biological Systems written by Henrik Flyvbjerg and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-02-25 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains pedagogical introductions to a selection of the most exciting subjects in current biological physics: sorting DNA on a microchip: a first step towards miniature laboratories on a chip; modeling protein folding, structure, and motion; physics of organelles: mechanical characteristics of molecular motors; dynamics of microtubules; shapes of membranes, vesicles and cells; a physicist's view of brains and neurons; statistics of sensory signal processing; evolutionary biology of molecules; pattern forming bacterial colonies; model ecologies with Darwinian co-evolution. The book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in physics, biology and mathematical modeling who have no prior knowledge of its

Author : Nathan R. Zaccai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108508804
Total Pages : 710 pages
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Download or read book Methods in Molecular Biophysics written by Nathan R. Zaccai and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current techniques for studying biological macromolecules and their interactions are based on the application of physical methods, ranging from classical thermodynamics to more recently developed techniques for the detection and manipulation of single molecules. Reflecting the advances made in biophysics research over the past decade, and now including a new section on medical imaging, this new edition describes the physical methods used in modern biology. All key techniques are covered, including mass spectrometry, hydrodynamics, microscopy and imaging, diffraction and spectroscopy, electron microscopy, molecular dynamics simulations and nuclear magnetic resonance. Each method is explained in detail using examples of real-world applications. Short asides are provided throughout to ensure that explanations are accessible to life scientists, physicists and those with medical backgrounds. The book remains an unparalleled and comprehensive resource for graduate students of biophysics and medical physics in science and medical schools, as well as for research scientists looking for an introduction to techniques from across this interdisciplinary field.

Author : Mikhail V. Vol kenshtein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461585945
Total Pages : 516 pages
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Download or read book Molecules and Life written by Mikhail V. Vol kenshtein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: acids. The achievements of molecular biology testify to the success of material science in a realm which, until recently, appeared totally enig matic and mysterious. Further scientific developments should bring to mankind vast developments both in theoretical knowledge and in practical applications, namely, in agriculture, medicine, and technology. The purpose of this book is to explain molecular biophysics to all who might wish to learn about it, to biologists, to physicists, to chemists. This book contains descriptive sections, as well as sections devoted to rigorous mathematical treatment of a number of problems, some of which have been studied by the author and his collaborators. These sections may be omitted during a first reading. Each chapter has a selected bibliography. This book is far from an exhaustive treatise on molecular biophysics. It deals principally with questions related to the structures and functions of proteins and nucleic acids. M. V. Vol'kenshtein Leningrad, September, 1964 CONTENTS Chapter 1 Physics and Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Physics and Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Molecular Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Molecular Biophysics ................................... 9 Thermodynamics and Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . Information Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 2 Cells, Viruses, and Heredity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . The Living Cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . Cell Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . Viruses and Bacteriophages ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . Basic Laws of Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . Mutations and Mutability ........ , ................. " . . . . 60 Genetics of Bacteria and Phages " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . . Chapter 3 Biological Molecules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . . . . . . . . . Amino Acids and Proteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . . . . . . . Asymmetry of Biological Molecules ....................... 87 Primary Structure of Proteins ............................ 94 Nucleic Acids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . Some Biochemical Processes in the Cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 . . . . Chapter 4 Physics of Macromolecules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 . . . . . . . . .

Author : Michael I. Monastyrsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540498583
Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book Topology in Molecular Biology written by Michael I. Monastyrsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a course of modern topology intended for biologists and physicists, this book presents a class of results in molecular biology for which topological methods and ideas are important. These include: the large-scale conformation properties of DNA; computational methods; the structure of proteins; and other problems in molecular biology.

Author : Gerald Feinberg
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book Solid Clues written by Gerald Feinberg and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1985 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Victor Bloomfield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441900837
Total Pages : 325 pages
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Download or read book Computer Simulation and Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Biophysics written by Victor Bloomfield and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-05 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to two important aspects of modern bioch- istry, molecular biology, and biophysics: computer simulation and data analysis. My aim is to introduce the tools that will enable students to learn and use some f- damental methods to construct quantitative models of biological mechanisms, both deterministicandwithsomeelementsofrandomness;tolearnhowconceptsofpr- ability can help to understand important features of DNA sequences; and to apply a useful set of statistical methods to analysis of experimental data. The availability of very capable but inexpensive personal computers and software makes it possible to do such work at a much higher level, but in a much easier way, than ever before. TheExecutiveSummaryofthein?uential2003reportfromtheNationalAcademy of Sciences, “BIO 2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future - search Biologists” [12], begins The interplay of the recombinant DNA, instrumentation, and digital revolutions has p- foundly transformed biological research. The con?uence of these three innovations has led to important discoveries, such as the mapping of the human genome. How biologists design, perform, and analyze experiments is changing swiftly. Biological concepts and models are becoming more quantitative, and biological research has become critically dependent on concepts and methods drawn from other scienti?c disciplines. The connections between the biological sciences and the physical sciences, mathematics, and computer science are rapidly becoming deeper and more extensive.