Molecular biophysics : structures in motion / Michel Daune ; translated from the French by W.J. Duffin ; with a foreword by David Blow

Original title: Biophysique moléculaire

Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-472) and index

Pt. I. Conformation of biopolymers -- 1. Geometry of a polymer chain -- 2. Intermolecular forces -- 3. Calculation of conformations -- 4. Conformation of nucleic acids -- 5. Conformation of proteins -- Pt. II. Dynamics of biopolymers -- 6. Fluctuations around an equilibrium conformation -- 7. Brownian motion -- 8. Conformational changes -- 9. Experimental methods -- 10. Methods of modelling intramolecular dynamics -- Pt. III. Hydration of biopolymers -- 11. Properties of water -- 12. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules -- 13. Hydration of proteins -- 14. Hydration of nucleic acids -- Pt. IV. Biopolymers as polyelectrolytes -- 15. Charge distributions: general laws -- 16. Electrolytic solutions and the Debye-Huckel theory -- 17. Polyelectrolyte solutions -- 18. Continuum model -- 19. Mixed models -- 20. Molecular models -- 21. Cellular permeability and ion transport -- Pt. V. Association between molecules -- 22. Equilibrium studies -- 23. Kinetic study and facilitated diffusion -- 24. Mechanisms and specificity of recognition -- 25. Formation of subcellular structures -- Mathematical appendix -- A.1. Evaluation of some integrals -- A.2. Legendre polynomials -- A.3. Bessel functions -- A.4. Fourier transforms -- A.5. Wiener-Khinchin relations

Translation of: Biophysique moléculaire