Progress in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Published on 3. June 2016
282 pages
978-1-4832-8051-6 (ISBN)
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Progress in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
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- Front Cover
- Progress in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Chapter 1. PROTAMINES AND NUCLEOPROTAMINES
- DISCOVERY AND OCCURRENCE
- PREPARATION OF PROTAMINES
- AMINO ACID CONTENT OF PROTAMINES
- INHOMOGENEITY OF THE PROTAMINES
- TERMINAL AMINO ACIDS
- THE AMINO ACID SEQUENCE IN CLUPEINE
- DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID FROM FISH SPERM
- NUCLEOPROTAMINES
- GENETIC ASPECTS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 2. THE STRUCTURE OF CHROMOSOMES
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF NUCLEAR POLYMERS
- III. THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF NUCLEAR POLYMERS
- IV. THE COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES OF NUCLEO-PROTEIN
- V. THE STRUCTURE OF CHROMOSOMES
- VI. CHROMOSOMES IN DEVELOPMENT
- VII. CHROMOSOMES IN DIVIDING CELLS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 3. THE DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. ELEMENTARY THEORY
- 3. EQUILIBRIUM AND NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES
- 4. INTRODUCTION OF ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS
- 5. APPROACH BASED UPON DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF IONS IN THE IONIC ATMOSPHERES
- 6. THE DONNAN POTENTIAL
- 7. SOME REMARKS ON BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 4. BIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TRANSFORMING PRINCIPLES
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. THE BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON*
- III. THE TRANSFORMING PRINCIPLE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 5. BIOPHYSICAL ASPECTS OF NEURO-MUSCULAR TRANSMISSION
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II A. Electrical excitation and propagation of impulses in nervea nd muscle fibres
- III. CRITICISMS OF THE CHEMICAL TRANSMISSION THEORY
- IV. THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF NEURO-MUSCULAR TRANSMISSION
- V. CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 6. MODELS FOR BIOLOGICAL EXCITATION PROCESSES
- I. GENERAL FEATURES OF BIOLOGICAL EXCITATION PROCESSES
- II. THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF OPEN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS
- III. SPECIAL NERVE MODELS
- IV. SPECIAL MODELS OF NERVE STRUCTURES
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 7. PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE SENSE ORGANS
- INTRODUCTION
- I. THE SENSES OF TASTE AND SMELL
- II. THE MECHANICS OF THE ORGANS OF THE LABYRINTH AND OF THE LATERAL LlNE
- III. THE SENSE UNIT OF THE LABYRINTH ORGANS
- IV. BROWNIAN MOTION AND THE LABYRINTH ORGANS
- V. PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF VISION
- REFERENCES
- NAME INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX
