General Biophysics

PrefaceContents of Volume II1. Molecular Foundations of Biophysics 1.1 The Subject Matter of Molecular Biophysics 1.2 Molecular Recognition 1.3 Antigen-Antibody Interaction 1.4 Reception of Odor 1.5 Intercellular Interactions 1.6 Molecular Regulation of Protein Biosynthesis 1.7 Protein Biosynthesis in the Eukaryotic Cell2. The Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium Systems 2.1 The Dissipation Function 2.2 The Coupling of Chemical Reactions 2.3 The Steady State of a Linear System 2.4 The Coupling of Chemical Reactions with Diffusion Processes 2.5 Processes Remote from Equilibrium 2.6 Entropy 2.7 Entropy and Information in Biology3. Membrane Transport 3.1 Cell Membranes 3.2 The Thermodynamics of Passive Membrane Transport 3.3 The Thermodynamics of Active Membrane Transport 3.4 The Thermodynamic Model of the Sodium Pump 3.5 The Model Theory of Passive Membrane Transport 3.6 The Model Theory of Active Membrane Transport 3.7 The Structure of Membranes 3.8 The Conformational Properties of Membranes 3.9 Induced Ion Transport4. Nerve Impulses 4.1 Axons and Nerve Impulses 4.2 Propagation of the Nerve Impulse 4.3 Generation of the Impulse 4.4 Activation and Inactivation of Sodium Conductivity 4.5 Synaptic Transmission5. Mechanochemical Processes 5.1 The Thermodynamics of Mechanochemical Processes 5.2 The Structure of Muscle and Muscle Proteins 5.3 Biochemistry and Mechanics of Muscle 5.4 Thermomechanical Properties of Muscle 5.5 Theories of Muscle Contraction 5.6 The Theory of Stationary Muscle Contraction 5.7 The Theory of Muscle Thermomechanical Properties 5.8 The Initiation of Muscle Contraction 5.9 The Kinetic Properties of Muscle 5.10 Problems of the Physics of Muscle 5.11 The Movements of Flagella and Cilia 5.12 Other Mechanochemical SystemsIndex