Topology in molecular biology
By: M.I. Monastyrsky (ed.).
Contributors: Monastyrskiĭ, Mikhail Ilʹich.
Series: Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9783540234074
Subjects: Molecular biology; Combinatorial analysis; Topology; Knot theory; DNA; Collagen
Description: The book presents a class of results in molecular biology for which topological methods and ideas are important. These include: the large-scale conformation properties of DNA; computational methods (Monte Carlo) allowing the simulation of large-scale properties of DNA; the tangle model of DNA recombination and other applications of Knot theory; dynamics of supercoiled DNA and biocatalitic properties of DNA; the structure of proteins; and other very recent problems in molecular biology. The text also provides a short course of modern topology intended for the broad audience of biologists and physicists.
Notes: "The volume is based on the talks and lectures given by participants of the three-month program 'Topology in Condensed Matter,' which was held in the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany, 8 May - 31 July 22"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Topology in biology: from DNA mechanics to enzymology / S.D. Levene; title: Monte Carlo simulation of DNA topological properties / A. Vologodskiĭ; title: Dynamics of DNA supercoiling / A. Gabibov ... [et al.]; title: From tangle fractions to DNA / L.H. Kauffman, S. Lambropoulou; title: Linear behavior of the writhe versus the number of crossings in rational knots and links / C. Cerf, Andrzej Stasiak; title: Combinatories and topology of the €-sandwich and €-barrel proteins / A.E. Kister ... [et al.]; title: The structure of collagen / N. Rivier, J.-F. Sadoc; title: Euler characteristic, Dehn-Sommerville characteristics, and their applications / V.M. Buchstaber; title: Hopf fibration and its applications / M. Monastyrsky; title: Multi-valued functionals, one-forms and deformed de Rham complex / D.V. Millionschikov; title: The spectral geometry of Riemann surfaces / Robert Brooks.