Overview
- Is the first book that discusses the importance of
- fluctuations for biological reactions
- Includes many illustrations of biological molecules
- Deals with both experimental and computational approaches to fluctuations
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
In this monograph, the importance of fluctuations for biological reactions is discussed from various points of view. Understanding the biological reactions at the molecular level is one of the major targets in many scientific fields, including not only basic biology but also physics, physical chemistry, and medical science. One of the key factors in the process is “fluctuation”. Thermal energy causes biological molecules to be in constant fluctuation even while they are carrying out their biological functions. How do biological systems overcome the thermal fluctuations to realize the physiologically relevant reactions? Scientists in a number of fields—physics, chemistry, pharmacology, medicine, and others—have contributed chapters that elucidate the nature of the fluctuations and the relationship between fluctuations and biological functions. The fluctuations discussed in this volume are detected by the transient grating method, nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction and scattering, and computer simulation, among other methods. The book presents various results of the studies of fluctuations in biological processes that were obtained with these methods by the leading scientists in their fields.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular Science of Fluctuations Toward Biological Functions
Editors: Masahide Terazima, Mikio Kataoka, Ryuichi Ueoka, Yuko Okamoto
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55840-8
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55838-5Published: 19 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56708-0Published: 31 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55840-8Published: 09 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 270
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour
Topics: Bioorganic Chemistry, Protein-Ligand Interactions, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Physical Chemistry, Computer Appl. in Life Sciences, Molecular Medicine