Mathematics of DNA Structure, Function and Interactions

By Craig John Benham

Book Overview

Nick Cozzarelli: A Personal Remembrance.- Mathematical Methods in Dna Topology: Applications to Chromosome Organization and Site-Specific Recombination.- Conformational Statistics of Dna and Diffusion Equations on The Euclidean Group.- Perspectives On DNA Looping.- Differences Between Positively and Negatively Supercoiled DNA that Topoisomerases May Distinguish.- Calibration of Tethered Particle Motion Experiments.- Difference Topology: Analysis of High-Order DNA-Protin Assemblies.- Useful Intrusions of DNA Topology Into Experiments on Protein-DNA Geometry.- Topological Analysis of DNA-Protein Complexes.- Closing the Loop on Protein-DNA Interactions: Interplay Between Shape and Flexibility in Nucleoprotein Assemblies Having Implications for Biological Regulation.- Four-Way Helical Junctions in DNA Molecules.- Micromechanics of Single Supercoiled DNA Molecules.- Flexibility Of Nucleosomes On Topologically Constrained DNA.- The Mathematics of DNA Sturcture, Mechanics, and Dynamics.- Paradox Regained: a Topological Coupling of Nuclesomal DNA Wrapping and Chromatin Fibre Coiling.- Statistical-Mechanical Analysis of Enzymatic Topological Transformations in DNA Molecules.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144190669X
• ISBN13: 9781441906694
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"