Title:
Soft condensed matter physics in molecular and cell biology
Author:
Poon, W. C. K. (Wilson C. K.)
ISBN:
9780429145124
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages)
Series:
Scottish graduate series
General Note:
The chapters in this book originated as lectures in the NATO Advanced Science Institute (ASI) and Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics (SUSSP) 59 entitled Soft condensed matter physics in molecular and cell biology held in Edinburgh from 29 March to 8 April 2004--Pref.
Contents:
chapter 1 Introduction: Coarse graining in biological soft matter -- part I Soft Matter Background -- chapter 2 Introduction to colloidal systems -- chapter 3 The physics of floppy polymers -- chapter 4 Self-assembly and properties of lipid membranes -- chapter 5 Some aspects of membrane elasticity -- chapter 6 Introduction to electrostatics in soft and biological matter -- chapter 7 Thermal Barrier Hopping in Biological Physics -- part II Biological Applications -- chapter 8 Elasticity and dynamics of cytoskeletal filaments and their networks -- chapter 9 Twisting and stretching DNA: Single-molecule studies -- chapter 10 Interactions and conformational fluctuations in DNA arrays -- chapter 11 Sequence-structure relationships in proteins -- chapter 12 Physical and functional aspects of protein dynamics -- chapter 13 Models of cell motility -- part III Experimental Techniques -- chapter 14 Single-molecule force spectroscopy of proteins -- chapter 15 A practical guide to optical tweezers -- chapter 16 Solution Scattering -- chapter Participants’ addresses.
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