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Table

1.1

The chronological listing of the key theoretical concepts developed by Ji in 1972–2016.

Key Concept

Formulated in

Meaning

In This Book

References

1. Conformon

1972–1974

The

bioenergetic

and

bioinformatic

principle rooted

in conformational energy stored in sequence-specific sites in biopolymers

Section 3.4

[6–12]

2.

Generalized Franck–Condon principle (GFCP)

1974

Principle of coupling between motions of slow and

fast processes

Section 2.7

[7, pp. 50–56]

3.

Pre-fit hypothesis of enzyme catalysis

1974

GFCP-based model of enzyme catalysis; opposite to

the induced-fit hypothesis

Section 3.2.9

[7, pp. 50–56; 13]

4.

Conformon model of oxidative phosphorylation (oxphos)

1976

Model of oxphos based on the conformon principle

of bioenergetics; subsumes the chemiosmotic model of Mitchell

Section 3.3.1

[8–11, 14]

5.

Bhopalator model of the cell

1985

First molecular model of the living cell based on

conformons and intracellular dissipative structures

Chapter 3

[15–17]

6. Cell force

1991

The force responsible for maintaining the orderly

molecular motions of living cells despite the randomizing influence of Brownian motions, postulated to be the fifth force of nature

Section 3.2.17

[7, pp. 90–118]

7. Gnergy tetrahedron

1991

The body-centered tetrahedron as a geometric

representation of the ultimate reality having four irreducible elements —

energy

, matter

,

information

, and

life

Sections

10.10 and 10.18

[7, pp. 234–237]

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