Publication

2001 - Springer US, Boston, MA, United States

Language

English

Word Count

87,250 words, Guess

Page Count

349 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number851784184
  • Better World Books9781441933362
  • Better World Books9781475733020
  • Open LibraryOL25561372M

Classifications

  • DDC572
  • LCCQH345
  • LCCQD415-436
and 2 more
  • LCCQD1-999
  • LCCQP550-801

Description

This is the first book that attempts to study the origin of cooperatvity in binding systems from the molecular point of view. The molecular approach provides a deeper insight into the mechanism of cooperativity and regulation, than the traditional phenomenological approach. This book uses the tools of statistical mechanics to present the molecular theory of cooperativity. Cooperativity is used in a variety of processes-such as loading and unloading of oxygen at relatively small pressure differences; maintaining an almost constant concentration of various compounds in living cells; and switching on and off the reading of genetic information. This book may be used as a textbook by graduate students in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics, and will also be of interest to researchers in theoretical biochemistry.

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