Molecular aspects of biotechnology
Subtitle: computational models and theories : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Role of Computational Models and Theories in Biotechnology, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, 13-19 June 1991]
By: edited by J. Bertrán.
Contributors: Betrán, J. 1931-; North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
Series: NATO ASI series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ;; vol. 368; NATO ASI series.; no. 368.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Biochemistry -- Computer simulation -- Congresses.; Biotechnology -- Computer simulation -- Congresses.
Description: Although biotechnology emerged from the genetic engineering revolution of the '70s, the knowledge of the structure of genes revealed its molecular aspects. Molecular biotechnology is a multidisciplinary domain of research in which experiments, simulations, and theories interact. At present, the huge increase in computer power allows us to carry out numerical simulations of biochemical systems. However, a fundamental question appears concerning the sophistication of the model utilized to capture the main features of biomolecules and biochemical processes. In the present book a group of leading specialists in molecular biotechnology provides an answer to this question. This book is thus an excellent tool for those researchers wishing to know the state-of-the-art in this domain. The book spans the range from molecular conformations through protein folding, and from chemical reactivity through enzymatic action. Furthermore, it formulates recommendations for future research in molecular biotechnology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division.