1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450215303321

Autore

Huang Kerson <1928-2016.>

Titolo

Lectures on statistical physics and protein folding [[electronic resource] /] / Kerson Huang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005

ISBN

1-281-88105-8

9786611881054

981-256-938-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Disciplina

530.15/95

Soggetti

Statistical physics

Protein folding

Electronic books.

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

Entropy. -- Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. -- Free energy. -- Chemical potential. -- Phase transitions. -- Kinetics of phase transitions. -- The order parameter. -- Correlation function. -- Stochastic processes. -- Langevin equation. -- The life process. -- Self-assembly. -- Kinetics of protein folding. -- Power laws in protein folding. -- Power laws in protein folding. -- Self-avoiding walk and turbulence. -- Convergent evolution in protein folding. -- Model of energy cascade in a protein molecule.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces an approach to protein folding from the point ofview of kinetic theory. There is an abundance of data on proteinfolding, but few proposals are available on the mechanism driving theprocess. Here, presented for the first time, are suggestions onpossible research directions, as developed by the author incollaboration with C C Lin.