Physics of Biological Systems From Molecules to Species /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Flyvbjerg, Henrik (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hertz, John (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jensen, Mogens H. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mouritsen, Ole G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sneppen, Kim (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1997.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 480
• Subjects: Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Biochemistry.; Bioinformatics .; Computational biology .; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Biochemistry, general.; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences.

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 charact...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: Indroduction: Physics - and the Physics of Biological Systems
• DNA
• Proteins
• Motors, Membranes, Microtubules
• Neurons, Brains, and Sensory Signal Processing. Evolution, Micro- and Macro-Scale.