03053nam 2200577Ia 450 991043784740332120200520144314.03-0348-0651-510.1007/978-3-0348-0651-0(CKB)2670000000371132(EBL)1697864(OCoLC)842138502(SSID)ssj0000907065(PQKBManifestationID)11484678(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000907065(PQKBWorkID)10855801(PQKB)11009241(DE-He213)978-3-0348-0651-0(MiAaPQ)EBC1697864(PPN)169137244(EXLCZ)99267000000037113220130427d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFractal symmetry of protein interior /Anirban Banerji1st ed. 2013.Basel Springer20131 online resource (92 p.)SpringerBriefs in biochemistry and molecular biologyDescription based upon print version of record.3-0348-0650-7 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction: How did it all begin -- Brief history of fractal dimension -- Introduction to Fractals -- Misconceptions about fractals -- Studying Protein Interior with Fractal Dimension -- Why, at all, does one need fractal dimension to study protein interior -- Schools of protein interior fractal studies -- Results obtained with fractal dimension-based investigations -- Gaining new knowledge about protein interior with FD-based investigations -- New directions in FD-based protein interior research.The essential question that fractal dimensions attempt to answer is about the scales in Nature. For a system as non-idealistic and complex as a protein, studying scale-invariance becomes particularly important. Fractal Symmetry of Protein Interior investigates the diverse facets of the various scales at which we describe protein biophysical and biochemical phenomena. Following a thorough introduction to fractal dimensions, fractal-dimension-based approaches, that have been employed to study protein interior biophysical properties, are described. The focus is on the question “which scales are scale-invariant?” Investigations related to scaling of biophysical and biochemical behaviors may one day help us to formulate a fundamental theory about protein biophysics; which, in turn, may help us to understand fundamental principles of proteins.SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,2211-9353ProteinsStructureProteinsConformationProteinsStructure.ProteinsConformation.572.6Banerji Anirban1060482MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910437847403321Fractal Symmetry of Protein Interior2513718UNINA