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Physical principles in sensing and signaling : with an introduction to modeling in biology / Robert G. Endres, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 145 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199600632 (hbk.)
  • 0199600635 (hbk.)
  • 0199600643 (pbk.)
  • 9780199600649 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 578.7END 2013
LOC classification:
  • QH
NLM classification:
  • QU 375
Contents:
Introduction -- Chemotaxis in bacterium Escherichia coli -- Physical concepts -- Mathematical tools -- Signal amplification and integration -- Robust precise adaptation -- Polar receptor localization and clustering -- Accuracy of sensing -- Motor impulse response -- Optimization of pathway -- "Seeing like a bacterium" -- Beyond E. coli chemotaxis -- Appendix more techniques.
Summary: "This textbook is aimed at newcomers in the field of biological physics, especially motivated undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a mathematical and physical background, taking interest in the area of quantitative biology"--Preface.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Chemotaxis in bacterium Escherichia coli -- Physical concepts -- Mathematical tools -- Signal amplification and integration -- Robust precise adaptation -- Polar receptor localization and clustering -- Accuracy of sensing -- Motor impulse response -- Optimization of pathway -- "Seeing like a bacterium" -- Beyond E. coli chemotaxis -- Appendix more techniques.

"This textbook is aimed at newcomers in the field of biological physics, especially motivated undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a mathematical and physical background, taking interest in the area of quantitative biology"--Preface.

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