General Biophysics

ContentsPreface Contents of Volume I 6. Coupled Processes in Mitochondria 6.1 Biological Oxidation 6.2 Structure and Properties of Mitochondria 6.3 Thermodynamics of Oxidative Phosphorylation 6.4 Chemiosmotic Coupling 6.5 Experimental Studies of Chemiosmotic Coupling 6.6 Electron-Conformation Interactions 6.7 Cytochrome c References 7. Photobiological Processes 7.1 Photosynthesis 7.2 Chlorophyll and Other Pigments 7.3 Two Photochemical Systems 7.4 Investigations of Fluorescence 7.5 Enzymatic Processes of Photosynthesis 7.6 Chloroplasts 7.7 Primary Physical Processes of Photosynthesis 7.8 Vision 7.9 Molecular Mechanisms of Photoreception 7.10 Membranes of Photoreceptors 7.11 Bacteriorhodopsin References 8. Nonlinear Dynamic Processes 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Physical and Mathematical Foundations of the Kinetics of Nonlinear Processes 8.3 Autocatalytic Chemical Systems 8.4 Nonlinear Chemical Diffusion Systems 8.5 Periodic Chemical Reactions 8.6 Nonlinear Enzymatic Processes 8.7 Autooscillations in Enzymatic Reactions 8.8 Autooscillations in Photosynthesis 8.9 Periodic Phenomena in Membranes 8.10 Fibrillation of an Excitable Medium 8.11 Nonlinearity and Regulation 8.12 Nonlinear Dynamic Processes and Phase Transitions References 9. Problems of Development 9.1 The Nature of Living Things 9.2 The Origin of Life 9.3 The Theory of Prebiotic Evolution 9.4 Polynucleotide and Polypeptide Systems 9.5 Thermodynamics and Evolution 9.6 The Theory of Transition to Biological Evolution 9.7 Physicochemical Foundations of Biological Evolution and Information Value 9.8 The Value of Information Contained in Biopolymers 9.9 Ontogeny 9.10 Theoretical Modeling of Ontogeny 9.11 Self-Organization in Ontogeny 9.12 Immunity References Index