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Biological complexity and the dynamics of life processes /

The aim of this book is to show how supramolecular complexity of cell organization can dramatically alter the functions of individual macromolecules within a cell. The emergence of new functions which appear as a consequence of supramolecular complexity, is explained in terms of physical chemistry....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ricard, Jacques, 1929-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1999.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:New comprehensive biochemistry ; v. 34.
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  • Complexity and the structure of the living cell
  • Elementary life processes viewed as dynamic physicochemical events
  • Coupling between chemical and (or) vectorial processes as a basis for signal perception and transduction
  • Control of metabolic networks under steady state conditions
  • Compartmentalization of the living cell and thermodynamics of energy conversion
  • Molecular crowding, transfer of information and channelling of molecules within supramolecular edifices
  • Cell complexity, electrostatic partitioning of ions and bound enzyme reactions
  • Dynamics and motility of supramolecular edifices in the living cell
  • Temporal organization of metabolic cycles and structural complexity : oscillations and chaos
  • Spatio-temporal organization during the early stages of development
  • Evolution towards complexity.