Applied biophysics: a molecular approach for physical scientists

✍ Scribed by Waigh, Tom A

• Book ID: 127424589
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Year: 2008;2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 7 MB
• Edition: Reprinted with corr
• Category: Library
• City: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
• ISBN: 0470513160

✦ Synopsis

This book presents the fundamentals of molecular biophysics, and highlights the connection between molecules and biological phenomena, making it an important text across a variety of science disciplines.

The topics covered in the book include:

• Phase transitions that occur in biosystems (protein crystallisation, globule-coil transition etc)* Liquid crystallinity as an example of the delicate range of partially ordered phases found with biological molecules* How molecules move and propel themselves at the cellular level* The general features of self-assembly with examples from proteins* The phase behaviour of DNA

The physical toolbox presented within this text will form a basis for students to enter into a wide range of pure and applied bioengineering fields in medical, food and pharmaceutical areas.

✦ Subjects

Биофизика