UID:
almahu_9949199419702882
Umfang:
XXIV, 941 p.
,
online resource.
Ausgabe:
1st ed. 1983.
ISBN:
9783642688775
Inhalt:
What is biophysics? As with all subjects which straddle traditional boundaries between fields, it eludes a precise definition. Furthermore, it is impossible to do biophysics without having a certain foundation of knowledge in biology, physics, physical chemistry, chemistry and biochemistry. One approach to a biophysics textbook would be to refer the student to the literature of these neighboring fields, and to leave the selection of the appropriate supplementary material up to the student. The editors of this volume are of the opinion that it is more useful and less time-consuming to present a selection of the supplementary knowledge, in concentrated form, together with the subject matter specific to biophysics. The reader will thus find in this book introductions to such subjects as the structure and function of the cell, the chemical structure of biogenic macromolecules, and even theoretical chemistry. What, indeed, is biophysics? Must we consider it to include physiology, electromedicine, radiation medicine, etc. ? The field has evolved continuously in recent years. Molecular understanding oflife processes has come more and more to the fore. Just as the field of molecular physics has developed to describe structures and processes in the realm of non-living systems, there has been a corresponding development of molecular biophysics.
Anmerkung:
1 The Structure of Cells (Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes) -- 1.1 Characteristics of Cells -- 1.2 Cell Organelles -- 1.3 Nuclear and Cell Division -- 1.4 Evolution of the Eucyte -- 1.5 Viruses and Bacteriophages -- 2 The Chemical Structure of Biologically Important Macromolecules -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Nucleic Acids and Their Structure -- 2.3 Proteins and Their Structure -- 3 Structure Determination of Biomolecules by Physical Methods -- 3.1 Size and Shape -- 3.2 Internal Structure -- 3.3 Electron-spin Resonance Spectroscopy -- 3.4 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy -- 4 Intra- and Intermolecular Interactions -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Primary Structure -- 4.3 Interactions Between Structural Units -- 4.4 Charge-transfer Reaction in Biomolecules -- 4.5 Conformational Transitions in Biopolymers -- 4.6 Polar Interactions, Hydration, Proton Conduction and Conformation of Biological Systems - Infrared Results -- 4.7 Debye-Hückel Theory (Forces between Molecules in Solution) -- 4.8 Polyelectrolytes and Their Interaction -- 5 Mechanisms of Energy Transfer -- 5.1 Photophysics and Photochemistry. General Principles -- 5.2 Energy Transfer Mechanisms -- 6 Radiation Biophysics. Ernst-Georg Niemann -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Radiation and Its Measurement -- 6.3 Description and Interpretation of Radiation Action -- 6.4 Molecular Effects of Radiation -- 6.5 Radiation Effects on Biomolecules and Molecular Structures -- 6.6 Radiation Effects on Cells and Organisms -- 6.7 Radiation Hazards and Radiation Protection -- 7 Isotope Methods Applied in Biology -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Stable and Radioactive Isotopes -- 7.3 Isotope Effects -- 7.4 Analytic Isotope Application -- 7.5 Some Examples for the Application of Isotopes -- 8 Energetic and Statistical Relations -- 8.1 General -- 8.2 Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics -- 8.3 Energy Flux, ATP, Transfer Potentials and Coupled Reactions -- 8.4 Statistical Interpretation of Thermodynamic Quantities -- 8.5 Theory of Absolute Reaction Rates -- 8.6 Irreversible Thermodynamics - An Overview -- 8.7 Biological Energy Conservation -- 9 Enzymes as Biological Catalysts -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 How do Enzymes work? -- 9.3 How Are Enzymes Regulated? -- 9.4 Protein Structure (Globular Proteins) -- 9.5 Examples -- 9.6 Structural Organization of Proteins -- 10 The Biological Function of Nucleic Acids -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 DNA Replication -- 10.3 Gene Expression -- 10.4 Regulation of Gene Expression -- 11 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Self-assembly -- 11.1 General Features -- 11.2 Linear Association -- 11.3 Equilibrium -- 11.4 Kinetics -- 11.5 Size Distribution and Length Determination -- 11.6 Other Effects -- 12 Membranes -- 12.1 Biomembrane Models -- 12.2 Physical Foundations of the Molecular Organization and Dynamics of Membranes -- 12.3 Membrane Potentials -- 12.4 Control of Differentiation and Growth by Endogenous Electric Currents -- 12.5 Transport of Matter Through Biological Membranes -- 12.6 Biophysics of Respiratory Gas Transport -- 13 Photobiophysics -- 13.1 Photosynthesis -- 13.2 Photomorphogenesis -- 13.3 Bioluminescence -- 14 Biomechanics -- 14.1 The Molecular Physiology of Contractivity and Motility -- 14.2 The Biophysics of Locomotion on Land -- 14.3 The Biophysics of Locomotion in Water -- 14.4 Th Biophysics of Locomotion in Air -- 14.5 Biostatics -- 14.6 Biomechanics of the Cardiovascular System -- 14.7 Water and Solute Movement in Plants -- 15 Neurobiophysics -- 15.1 Excitation, its Conduction and Synaptic Transmission -- 15.2 Biophysics of Sensory Mechanisms -- 16 Cybernetics -- 16.1 Information Theory and Communication Theory -- 16.2 Introduction into Cybernetics of Orientation Behavior -- 16.3 System Theory of Perception Processes -- 16.4 Systems Analytical Behavioral Research: as Illustrated with the Fly -- 16.5 Aspects on Biophysics of Biological Oscillations -- 17 Evolution -- 17.1 Self-organization of Matter and Early Evolution of Life -- 17.2 From Biological Macromolecules to Protocells - The Principle of Early Evolution -- 17.3 Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Living Systems.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Weitere Ausg.:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642688799
Weitere Ausg.:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540120834
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Printed edition: ISBN 9783642688782
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-68877-5
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68877-5
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