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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299992903321

Autore

Santillán Moisés

Titolo

Chemical Kinetics, Stochastic Processes, and Irreversible Thermodynamics / / by Moisés Santillán

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-06689-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences, , 2193-4789

Disciplina

543.015195

Soggetti

Biomathematics

Probabilities

Chemometrics

Mathematical and Computational Biology

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Math. Applications in Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Brief Introduction to Chemical Kinetics -- Brief Introduction to Thermodynamics -- Different Approaches to Analyzing a Simple Chemical Reaction -- Molecule Synthesis and Degradation -- Enzymatic Reactions -- Receltor-Ligand Interaction -- Cooperativity -- Gene Expression and Regulation -- Ion Channel Dynamics and Ion Transport Across Memberanes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings theories in nonlinear dynamics, stochastic processes, irreversible thermodynamics, physical chemistry, and biochemistry together in an introductory but formal and comprehensive manner.  Coupled with examples, the theories are developed stepwise, starting with the simplest concepts and building upon them into a more general framework.  Furthermore, each new mathematical derivation is immediately applied to one or more biological systems.  The last chapters focus on applying mathematical and physical techniques to study systems such as: gene regulatory networks and ion channels. The target audience of this book are mainly final year undergraduate and



graduate students with a solid mathematical background (physicists, mathematicians, and engineers), as well as with basic notions of biochemistry and cellular biology.  This book can also be useful to students with a biological background who are interested in mathematical modeling, and have a working knowledge of calculus, differential equations, and a basic understanding of probability theory.