TY - BOOK AU - Daune,Michel ED - Oxford University Press. TI - Molecular biophysics: structures in motion SN - 0198577834 AV - QH506 .D384 2004 PY - 2004///] CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Molecular biology KW - Molecular Biology KW - Biophysics KW - Biopolymers KW - physiology N1 - 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 ER -