Topology in Molecular Biology

Topology in Molecular Biology M. I. Monastyrsky (Ed.) BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL PHYSICS BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DNA and Proteins   ...

biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering ...

biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering The fields of biological and medical physics and biomedical engineering a ...

M.I. Monastyrsky (Ed.) Topology in Molecular Biology 123 With 118 Figures, 6 in Color and 3 Tables ...

Professor Dr. Michail Ilych Monastyrsky Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics B. Cheremushkinskaya 25, 117259 Moscow ...

Foreword The contents of this book focus on the recent investigations in molecular biol- ogy where applications of topology seem ...

VI Foreword of mathematics to biology, but in Gelfand’s view, no in-depth applications. May be the future development of both di ...

Contents ...

VIII Contents 4 Dynamics of DNA Supercoiling 6 Linear Behavior of the Writhe Versus the Number ...

Contents IX 6.5 Conclusion ................................................. References......................................... ...

X Contents 8.8 Transverse Structure; Coincidence Lattice of Two Orthogonal, Triangular Lattices; Approximants of 9 Euler Charact ...

Contents XI M. Monastyrsky 1 Introduction S.D. Levene..................................................... 2 Topology in Biolog ...

List of Contributors R. Brooks Department of Mathematics Technion — Israel Institute of Technology Haifa Israel http://www.math. ...

XIV List of Contributors M.V. Kleyzit Department of Mathematics Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA S. Lambropoulou Depa ...

1 Introduction M. Monastyrsky The problems mostly discussed in this volume pertain to the relationship be- tween 1D and 3D struc ...

2 M. Monastyrsky molecules. The appearance of three-dimensional periodic structures leads to very interesting geometrical questi ...

2 Topology in Biology: From DNA Mechanics to Enzymology S.D. Levene Summary.The focus of this contribution is on biological appl ...

4 S.D. Levene 2.1.1 Why Study DNA Topology? Topological aspects of DNA structure can provide great insight into biochemi- cal me ...

2 Topology in Biology: From DNA Mechanics to Enzymology 5 Fig. 2.1.Canonical structures of DNA generated according to sequence-a ...

6 S.D. Levene Fig. 2.2.Structure of an intrinsically bent DNA sequence in which alternating tracts of [dA:dT] 5 and random-seque ...