2., revised Edition - May 2004 - 149.- Euro / 220.- SFR
2004. XV, 190 Pages, Hardcover - ISBN 3-527-40417-1
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=> Wiley-VCH Short description Nonlinear effects have been shown to have a significant effect on DNA behavior, changing the interpretation of experimental data and requiring new mathematical models for the description of DNA.
From the contents
CHAPTER 1 DNA STRUCTURE
1.1 Chemical composition and primary structure
1.2 Spatial geometry and secondary structure
1.3 Forces stabilizing secondary structure
1.4 Polymorphism
1.5 Tertiary structure
1.6 Approximate models of DNA structure
1.7 Experimental methods of studying DNA structure CHAPTER 2 DNA DYNAMICS
2.1 General picture of the internal mobility
2.2 Twisting and bending motions
2.3 Dynamics of bases
2.4 Dynamics of sugar-phosphate backbone
2.5 Conformational transitions
2.6 Motions associated with local strand separation
2.7 Approximate models of DNA dynamics
2.8 Experimental methods of studying DNA dynamics CHAPTER 3 DNA FUNCTIONING
3.1 Physical aspects of DNA functioning
3.2 Intercalation
3.3 DNA-protein recognition
3.4 Gene expression
3.5 Regulation of gene expression
3.6 Replication CHAPTER 4 LINEAR THEORY OF DNA
4.1 The main mathematical models
4.2 Statistics of linear excitations
4.3 Scattering problem
4.4 Linear theory and experiment CHAPTER 5 NONLINEAR THEORY OF DNA: IDEAL DYNAMICAL MODELS
5.1 Nonlinear mathematical modeling: general principles and restrictions
5.2 Nonlinear rod-like models
5.3 Nonlinear double rod-like models
5.4 Nonlinear models of higher levels CHAPTER 6 NONLINEAR THEORY OF DNA: NON-IDEAL MODELS
6.1 Effects of environment
6.2 Effects of inhomogeneity
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