TY - BOOK AU - Phillips,Rob AU - Kondev,Jane AU - Theriot,Julie TI - Physical biology of the cell SN - 9780815341635 AV - QH505 .P455 2009 U1 - 571.6 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Garland Science KW - Biophysics KW - Cytology KW - Cells KW - ultrastructure N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why: biology by the numbers -- What and where: construction plans for cells and organisms -- When: stopwatches at many scales -- Who: "bless the little beasties" -- Mechanical and chemical equilibrium in the living cell -- Entropy rules! -- Two-state systems: from ion channels to cooperative binding -- Random walks and the structure of macromolecules -- Electrostatics for salty solutions -- Beam theory: architecture for cells and skeletons -- Biological membranes: life in two dimensions -- The mathematics of water -- A statistical view of biological dynamics -- Life in crowded and disordered environments -- Rate equations and dynamics in the cell -- Dynamics of molecular motors -- Biological electricity and the Hodgkin-Huxley model -- Sequences, specificity, and evolution -- Network organization in space and time -- Whither physical biology? UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0904/2008030748.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/2008030748-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2008030748-b.html ER -