8.592 Statistical Physics in Biology, Spring 2003
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Author(s)
Kardar, Mehran
Mirny, Leonid A.
Alternative Title
Statistical Physics in Biology
Date Issued
June 2003
Abstract
A survey of problems at the interface of statistical physics and modern biology: Bioinformatic methods for extracting information content of DNA; gene finding, sequence comparison, phylogenetic trees. Physical interactions responsible for structure of biopolymers; DNA double helix, secondary structure of RNA, elements of protein folding. Considerations of force, motion, and packaging; protein motors, membranes. Collective behavior of biological elements; cellular networks, neural networks, and evolution.
Subjects
sequence comparison
phylogenetic trees
biopolymers
protein folding
neural networks
statistical physics
phylogenetics
RNA
ribonucleic acid
force
motion
packaging
protein motors
optimization
partitioning
pattern recognition
collective behavior
molecular biology
deoxyribonucleic acid
genes
genetics
gene sequencing
double helix
membranes
biochemistry
genome
DNA
evolution
Statistical physics
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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