Systems Biology : Functional Strategies of Living Organisms /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
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Table of Contents:
- The Structure and Function of Living Organisms
- General physiochemical properties of biological structures
- Self-organization
- Hypothesis - Protein folding simulation hypothesis - late stage intermediate - role of water
- Energy in Biology - Demand and Use
- General principles of thermodynamics
- Biological energy sources - synthesis of water
- ATP synthesis
- Photosynthesis
- Direct and indirect exploitation of energy sources
- Energy conversion efficiency in biological processes
- Entropic effects
- Energy requirements of organisms
- Information - Its Role and Meaning in Organisms
- Information as a quantitative concept. - Reliability of information sources
- Types of information conveyed by DNA
- Information entropy and mechanisms assisting selection
- The role of information in interpreting pathological events
- Hypothesis - Protein folding early stage intermediate
- Regulation in Biological Systems
- The cell and the organism
- The principle and mechanism of automatic intracellular regulation
- Regulatory coupling between cells and organisms - hierarchical properties of regulation
- Regulatory mechanisms on the organism level
- Basic principles of regulation in biology
- Regulation levels
- Hypothesis - Proteome construction hypothesis
- Interrelationships in Organized Biological Systems
- The need of mutual relations in biological systems
- Cooperation and coordination
- The characteristics of process coordination in individual cells and organisms
- Mutual relationship between cells and the organism - activation and inhibition of enzymes (rapid effects)
- Mutual support between cells and the organism - interdependence related to gene expression (slow effects)
- Specialization of cell interrelationships
- Hypothesis - The criteria of life.