Kim Sneppen

Physics in Molecular Biology - Cambridge, UK ; New York Cambridge University Press 2005 - viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

What is special about living matter? -- Polymer physics. -- DNA and RNA. -- Protein structure. -- Protein folding. -- Protein in action: molecular motors. -- Physics of genetic regulation: the [lambda]-phage in E. coli. -- Molecular networks. -- Evolution. -- Appendix: Concepts from statistical mechanics and damped dynamics.

Physics in Molecular Biology, first published in 2005, discusses how physics can be used in modeling complex biological systems. The main focus of the book is on genes and proteins and how they build interactive systems. This book will inspire advanced students of physics to approach biological subjects from a physicist's point of view

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Molecular biology -- Mathematical models. Physics.

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