Equilibria and kinetics of biological macromolecules
By: Jan Hermans and Barry Lentz
Contributors: Lentz, Barry
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763752064
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Basic principles; title: Thermodynamics; title: Basic quantum mechanical models of nuclear & electronic motion: a synopsis; title: Molecular structure and interactions; title: Water and the hydrophobic effect; title: Statistical mechanics: the molecular basis of thermodynamics; title: The molecular partition function; title: System ensembles and partition functions; title: Sampling molecular systems with simulations; title: Binding to macromolecules; title: Binding to macromolecules; title: Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of molecular interactions; title: Linked equilibria; title: Allosteric function; title: Charged groups: binding of hydrogen ions, solvation and charge-charge interactions; title: Conformational stability and conformation change; title: Some elements of polymer physics; title: Helix-coil equilibria; title: Protein unfolding equilibria; title: Elasticity of biological materials; title: Kinetics and irreversible processes; title: Kinetics; title: Kinetics of protein folding; title: Irreversible and stochastic processes.