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The Physics of Proteins - An Introduction to Biological Physics and Molecular Biophysics (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
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The Physics of Proteins - An Introduction to Biological Physics and Molecular Biophysics (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Physics and the life sciences have established new connections
within the past few decades, resulting in biological physics as an
established subfield with strong groups working in many physics
departments. These interactions between physics and biology form a
two-way street with physics providing new tools and concepts for
understanding life, while biological systems can yield new insights
into the physics of complex systems. To address the challenges of
this interdisciplinary area, The Physics of Proteins: An
Introduction to Biological Physics and Molecular Biophysics is
divided into three interconnected sections. In Parts I and II,
early chapters introduce the terminology and describe the main
biological systems that physicists will encounter. Similarities
between biomolecules, glasses, and solids are stressed with an
emphasis on the fundamental concepts of living systems. The central
section (Parts III and IV) delves into the dynamics of complex
systems. A main theme is the realization that biological systems,
in particular proteins, do not exist in unique conformations but
can assume a very large number of slightly different structures.
This complexity is captured in the concept of a free energy
landscape and leads to the conclusion that fluctuations are crucial
for the functioning of biological systems. The final chapter of
this section challenges the reader to apply these concepts to a
problem that appears in the current literature. An extensive series
of appendices (Part V) provide descriptions of the key physical
tools and analytical methods that have proven powerful in the study
of the physics of proteins. The appendices are designed to be
consulted throughout the section on protein dynamics without
breaking the deductive flow of the logic in the central section of
the book.
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