Theoretical physics for biological systems /
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Boca Raton, FL :
RC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Quantum Mechanics in Biology
- 1.1. General Definitions
- 1.2. Time-independent Schrodinger Equation
- 1.3. Time-dependent Schrodinger Equation
- 1.4. Transition Probability Per Unit of Time
- 1.5. Quantum Coherence and Entanglement
- 1.6. Quantum Interference
- 1.7. Quantum Effects in Biology
- 2. Statistical Physics in Biology
- 2.1. Why Statistical Physics in Biology?
- 2.2. Markov Processes
- 2.3. Chemical Master Equation
- 2.4. Chemical Master Equation and Curse of Dimensionality
- 2.5. Discrete Approach to Chemical Kinetics
- 2.5.1. Effective Reactions are Inelastic Collisions
- 2.5.2. Factors Affecting Reaction Rate
- 2.6. Stochastic Simulation Algorithm
- 2.7. Example of Real Enzymatic Reactions Simulated with Gillespie Algorithm
- 3. Graph Theory and Physics Meet Network Biology
- 3.1. Physics at the Birth of Network Biology
- 3.2. Mutual Information-Based Network Inference
- 3.3. Thermodynamics Applications in Biological Network Analysis
- 3.3.1. Vibrational Centrality
- 3.3.2. Network Entropy: A graph theory based definition
- 3.4. Electronic Physics Applications in Network Analysis
- 3.5. Assessment of Network Inference Methods and the Issue of Generation of Gold-Standard Data
- 3.6. Network Biology is Transformed by Physics
- 4. Applied Descriptors for Complexity and Centrality to Network Biology
- 4.1. Network Theory
- 4.2. Measures for Network Complexity and Centrality
- 4.2.1. Network Entropy: A statistical mechanics and quantum physics definition
- 4.3. Comparative Network Analysis
- 4.3.1. Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Model Selection
- 4.3.2. Reducibility of Multiplex Networks
- 4.4. Applications
- 4.4.1. Node Ranking in Biological Networks
- 4.4.2. Entropy-Based Estimation of Differentiation Potency
- 4.4.3. Entropy-Based Hallmark of Cancer
- 5. Perspectives
- 5.1. Systems Theory and Quantum Physics
- 5.2. Various Recapitulation Exercises.