Mathematical Approaches to Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES TO BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS is one of the two volumes based on the proceedings of the 1994 IMA Sum mer Program on "Molecular Biology" and comprises Weeks 3 and 4 of the four-week program. Weeks 1 and 2...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
| Series: | The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Biomolecular Topology
- Tangle complexity and the topology of the Chinese rings
- Lattice invariants for knots
- Topology and geometry of biopolymers
- Energy functions for knots: beginning to predict physical behavior
- II. Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics: Theory
- The elastic rod provides a model for DNA and its functions
- Hamiltonian formulations and symmetries in rod mechanics
- Statistical mechanics of supercoiled DNA
- Determination of the DNA helical repeat and of the structure of supercoiled DNA by cryo-electron microscopy
- Dynamics of twist and writhe and the modeling of bacterial fibers
- III. Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics: Computation
- Integration methods for molecular dynamics
- On the parallelization of CHARMM on the CM-5/5E
- Computational studies of spatially constrained DNA
- Pursuing Laplace’s vision on modern computers