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Topology in Molecular Biology

By Professor Dr. Michail Ilych Monastyrsky (eds.) , Professor Dr. Michail Ilych Monastyrsky (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2007
ISBN
978-3-540-23407-4, 978-3-540-49858-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-49858-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7521999 bytes)
Series
Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Edition
1
Pages
238\245
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Biophysics and Biological Physics;Molecular Medici

Description

The book presents a class of new results in molecular biology for which topological methods and ideas are important. These include: the large-scale conformation properties of DNA; computational methods (Monte Carlo) allowing the simulation of large-scale properties of DNA; the tangle model of DNA recombination and other applications of Knot theory; dynamics of supercoiled DNA and biocatalitic properties of DNA; the structure of proteins; and other very recent problems in molecular biology. The text also provides a short course of modern topology intended for the broad audience of biologists and physicists. The authors are renowned specialists in their fields and some of the new results presented here are documented for the first time in monographic form.

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