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Author Ji, Sungchul.

Title Molecular theory of the living cell : concepts, molecular mechanisms, and biomedical applications / Sungchul Ji
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 748 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents pt. 1. Principles, Laws, and Concepts -- Chemistry -- Biology -- Engineering -- Linguistics, Semiotics, and Philosophy -- Introduction -- pt. 2. Theories, Molecular Mechanisms, and Models -- Molecular Mechanisms: From Enzymes to Evolution -- The Conformon -- Intracellular Dissipative Structures (IDSs) -- The Living Cell -- pt. 3. Applications: From Molecules to Mind and Evolution -- Subcellular Systems -- Whole Cells -- Mechanisms of the Origin of Life -- Principles and Mechanisms of Biological Evolution -- Multicellular Systems -- What Is Life? -- Why Is the Cell So Complex? -- Ribonoscopy and Personalized Medicine -- Ribonoscopy and "Theragnostics" -- The Knowledge Uncertainty Principle in Biomedical Sciences -- Towards a Category Theory of Everything (cTOE)
Summary This book presents a comprehensive molecular theory of the living cell based on over thirty¡concepts, principles and laws imported from thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, chemical kinetics, informatics, computer science, linguistics, semiotics, and philosophy. The author formulates physically, chemically and enzymologically realistic molecular mechanisms to account for the basic living processes such as ligand-receptor interactions, protein folding, single-molecule enzymic catalysis, force-generating mechanisms in molecular motors, signal transduction, regulation of the genome-wide RNA metabolism, morphogenesis, the micro-macro coupling in coordination dynamics, the origin of life, and the mechanisms of biological evolution itself. Possible solutions to basic and practical problems facing contemporary biology and biomedical sciences have been suggested, including pharmacotheragnostics and personalized medicine
Analysis Bioorganic chemistry
Biology -- Philosophy
Biophysics and Biological Physics
Philosophy of Biology
filosofie
philosophy
biologie
biology
fysica
physics
organische scheikunde
organic chemistry
biofysica
biophysics
Physics (General)
Fysica (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Cytology.
Cells.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Cell Biology.
Physique.
Astronomie.
Cells
Cytology
Form Electronic book
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