File Format | PDF
File Size | 13.1 MB
Pages | 362
Language | English
Category | Biochemical
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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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Cooperativity and Regulation in Biochemical Processes