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Systems Biology Functional Strategies of Living Organisms /

The objective of this book is to present the strategies employed by living organisms on a molecular level and to help understand the basics of Systems Biology. Its content is organized in a way to meet the exponential growth in the volume of biological knowledge, and the need for a multidisciplinary...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Konieczny, Leszek (Autor), Roterman-Konieczna, Irena (Autor), Spólnik, Paweł (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Structure and Function of Living Organisms
  • General physiochemical properties of biological structures
  • Self-organization
  • Hypothesis - Protein folding simulation hypothesis - late stage intermediate - role of water
  • Energy in Biology - Demand and Use
  • General principles of thermodynamics
  • Biological energy sources - synthesis of water
  • ATP synthesis
  • Photosynthesis
  • Direct and indirect exploitation of energy sources
  • Energy conversion efficiency in biological processes
  • Entropic effects
  • Energy requirements of organisms
  • Information - Its Role and Meaning in Organisms
  • Information as a quantitative concept. - Reliability of information sources
  • Types of information conveyed by DNA
  • Information entropy and mechanisms assisting selection
  • The role of information in interpreting pathological events
  • Hypothesis - Protein folding early stage intermediate
  • Regulation in Biological Systems
  • The cell and the organism
  • The principle and mechanism of automatic intracellular regulation
  • Regulatory coupling between cells and organisms - hierarchical properties of regulation
  • Regulatory mechanisms on the organism level
  • Basic principles of regulation in biology
  • Regulation levels
  • Hypothesis - Proteome construction hypothesis
  • Interrelationships in Organized Biological Systems
  • The need of mutual relations in biological systems
  • Cooperation and coordination
  • The characteristics of process coordination in individual cells and organisms
  • Mutual relationship between cells and the organism - activation and inhibition of enzymes (rapid effects)
  • Mutual support between cells and the organism - interdependence related to gene expression (slow effects)
  • Specialization of cell interrelationships
  • Hypothesis - The criteria of life.