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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003803449707536

Autore

Phillips, Rob

Titolo

Physical biology of the cell / Rob Phillips, Jane Kondev, Julie Theriot ; illustrated by Nigel Orme ; with problems, solutions, and editorial assistance of Hernan G. Garcia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Garland Science, c2009

ISBN

9780815341635

Descrizione fisica

xxiv, 807 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Classificazione

LC QH505

Altri autori (Persone)

Kondev, Jan

Theriot, Julieauthor

Disciplina

571.6

Soggetti

Biophysics

Cytology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Why: biology by the numbers -- What and where: construction plans for cells and organisms -- When: stopwatches at many scales -- Who: "bless the little beasties" -- Mechanical and chemical equilibrium in the living cell -- Entropy rules! -- Two-state systems: from ion channels to cooperative binding -- Random walks and the structure of macromolecules -- Electrostatics for salty solutions -- Beam theory: architecture for cells and skeletons -- Biological membranes: life in two dimensions -- The mathematics of water -- A statistical view of biological dynamics -- Life in crowded and disordered environments -- Rate equations and dynamics in the cell -- Dynamics of molecular motors -- Biological electricity and the Hodgkin-Huxley model -- Sequences, specificity, and evolution -- Network organization in space and time -- Whither physical biology?