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Nonlinear Excitations in Biomolecules

Les Houches School, May 30 to June 4, 1994

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1995

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  1. M. Peyrard
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Part of the book series: Centre de Physique des Houches (LHWINTER, volume 2)

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Table of contents (33 papers)

  1. Proteins, conformation and dynamics

    1. Motions and correlations of the transmembrane domain of a protein receptor studied by molecular dynamics simulation

      • N. Garnier, D. Genest, M. Genest
      Pages 241-246

  2. Energy and charge transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-248
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    2. Solitary waves in biology

      • A. C. Scott
      Pages 249-267

    3. Exact two-quantum states of the semiclassical Davydov model and their thermal stability

      • L. Cruzeiro-Hansson, V. M. Kenkre
      Pages 269-277

    4. Post-soliton quantum mechanics

      • D. W. Brown
      Pages 279-286

    5. Dynamic form factor for the Yomosa model for the energy transport in proteins

      • A. Neuper, F. G. Mertens
      Pages 287-294

    6. Energy and charge transfer in photosynthesis

      • W. Mäntele
      Pages 295-316

    7. The role of nonlinearity in modelling energy transfer in Scheibe aggregates

      • O. Bang, P. L. Christiansen, K. Ø. Rasmussen, Y. B. Gaididei
      Pages 317-336

    8. Protons in hydrated protein powders

      • G. Careri, F. Bruni, G. Consolini
      Pages 337-348

    9. Nonlinear models of collective proton transport in hydrogen-bonded systems

      • M. Peyrard
      Pages 349-360

    10. Proton-solitons bridge physics with biology

      • G. P. Tsironis
      Pages 361-367

    11. Neutron scattering studies of biopolymer-water systems: solvent mobility and collective excitations

      • H. D. Middendorf
      Pages 369-383

  3. Beyond biological molecules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 385-385
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    2. The cell’s microtubules: self-organization and information processing properties

      • J. A. TuszyÅ„ski, B. Trpisová, D. Sept, M. V. Satarić, S. Hameroff
      Pages 387-404

    3. Translation optimization in bacteria: statistical models

      • F. Bagnoli, G. Guasti, P. Liò
      Pages 405-411

    4. Dynamics of vibrational dissociation of a pseudo-cluster

      • D. Hennig, H. Gabriel
      Pages 413-419

    5. The step-potential model for π-electrons in hydrocarbon-systems

      • C. Kuhn
      Pages 421-426

    6. Conclusion

      • M. Peyrard
      Pages 427-427
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In the last few years, hopes have emerged that simple concepts could perhaps explain the extremely complicated biomolecular processes which are known to a greater and greater accuracy thanks to the extraordinary progress of biology. In parallel, powerful methods in physics, especially nonlinearity and cooperative effects, have been developed. They apply especially to biological phenomena and can explain coherent excitations with remarkable properties. This book provides a pedagogical introduction to the theory of nonlinear excitations and solitons in a biological environment, and also to the structure and function of biomolecules as well as energy and charge transport in biophysics.

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