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- Gives a comprehensive account of this new fractal dimension based methods
- Introduces into this mathematical approach to biology
- Explains the range of use and the limits of these applications
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BRIEFSBIOCHEM)
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Table of contents (2 chapters)
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Bioinformatics Centre, University of Pune, Pune, India
Anirban Banerji
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fractal Symmetry of Protein Interior
Authors: Anirban Banerji
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0651-0
Publisher: Springer Basel
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-0650-3Published: 08 May 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-0651-0Published: 08 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2211-9353
Series E-ISSN: 2211-9361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 84
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Protein Structure, Bioinformatics, Math. Applications in Chemistry, Protein Science