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Biologically Inspired Physics

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  • © 1991

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  1. L. Peliti

    1. University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 263)

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Macromolecules

    1. Physics from Proteins

      • Hans Frauenfelder, Kelvin Chu, Robert Philipp
      Pages 1-14

    2. Search and Recognition: Spin Glass Engineering as an Approach to Protein Structure Prediction

      • Peter G. Wolynes
      Pages 15-37

    3. Random Heteropolymers Folding

      • Giorgio Parisi
      Pages 39-43

    4. DNA Topology

      • Maxim Frank-Kamenetskii
      Pages 45-54

    5. Correlation between Structural Conformations at Different Levels in Hemoglobin Determined by XANES

      • A. Bianconi, A. Congiu Castellano, S. Della Longa
      Pages 55-62

    6. Selective Constraints over DNA Sequence

      • G. Cocho, L. Medrano, P. Miramontes, J. L. Rius
      Pages 63-69

    7. The Physics of DNA Electrophoresis

      • Tom Duke
      Pages 71-80

  3. Membranes

    1. Recent Developments in the Physics of Fluctuating Membranes

      • Stanislas Leibler
      Pages 81-94

    2. Vesicle Shapes and Shape Transformations: A Systematic Study

      • Karin Berndl, Josef Käs, Reinhard Lipowsky, Erich Sackmann, Udo Seifert
      Pages 95-110

    3. Theoretical Analysis of Phospholipid Vesicles and Red Blood Cell Shapes and the Effect of External Electric Field

      • BoÅ¡tjan ŽekÅ¡, SaÅ¡a Svetina
      Pages 111-125

    4. Lipid Membrane Curvature Elasticity and Protein Function

      • Sol M. Gruner
      Pages 127-135

    5. Observation of Surface Undulations on the Mesoscopic Length Scale by NMR

      • Myer Bloom, Evan Evans
      Pages 137-147

    6. A Possible Correlation between Fluctuations and Function of a Membrane Protein

      • Fritz Jähnig, Klaus Dornmair
      Pages 149-155

    7. Microphase Separation in Bilayer Membranes

      • Kell Mortensen
      Pages 157-163

    8. Morphological Changes in Partially Polymerized Vesicles

      • M. Mutz, D. Bensimon
      Pages 165-173

    9. Unbinding Transitions of Polymers or Membranes in Two Dimensions

      • G. Gompper
      Pages 175-187

    10. Heat-Flux Driven Biomembrane Transport of Matter and Charge

      • F. S. Gaeta, D. G. Mita, E. Ascolese, M. A. Pecorella, P. Russo
      Pages 189-200

    11. A Lattice Model for Steric Repulsive Interactions in Phospholipid Systems

      • Enrico Scalas, Andrea C. Levi
      Pages 201-205

  4. Cellular Structures

    1. Dynein-Microtubule Interactions

      • Nicolas J. Cordova, Ronald D. Vale, George F. Oster
      Pages 207-215
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The workshop "Biologically Inspired Physics" was organized, with the support of the NATO Scientific Affairs Division and the Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development of the Commission of the European Communities, in order to review some subjects of physics of condensed matter which are inspired by biological problems or deal with biological systems, but which address physical questions. The main topics discussed in the meeting were: 1. Macromolecules: In particular, proteins and nucleic acids. Special emphasis was placed on modelling protein folding, where analogies with disordered systems in con­ densed matter (glasses, spin glasses) were suggested. It is not clear at this point whether such analogies will help in solving the folding problem. Interesting problems in nucleic acids (in particular DNA) deal with the dynamics of semiflexible chains with torsion and the relationship between topology and local structure. They arise from such biological problems as DNA packing or supercoiling. 2. Membranes: This field has witnessed recent progress in the understanding of the statistical mechanics of fluctuating flexible sheets, such as lipid bilayers. It appears that one is close to understanding shape fluctuations in red blood cells on a molec­ ular basis. Open problems arise from phenomena such as budding or membrane fusion. Experiments on model systems, such as vesicle systems or artificial lipids, have great potential. Phenomena occurring inside the membrane (protein diffusion, ionic pumps) were only discussed briefly.

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  • University of Naples, Naples, Italy

    L. Peliti

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