Molecular Machines: A Materials Science Approach

Description

Molecular Machines presents a dynamic new approach to the physics of enzymes and DNA from the perspective of materials science. Unified around the concept of molecular deformability-how proteins and DNA stretch, fold, and change shape-this book describes the complex molecules of life from the innovative perspective of materials properties and dynam

Giovanni Zocchi is professor of physics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the coauthor of Physics in Molecular Biology.

"Stimulating. Zocchi presents a new and refreshing perspective on old fundamental problems. Molecular Machines is an important book."-Anatoly B. Kolomeisky, author of Motor Proteins and Molecular Motors "A unique and useful book that brings together many important aspects of DNA and protein mechanics, kinetics, and dynamics into one unified text."-Peter M. Hoffmann, author of Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos "Zocchi brings a strong physical materials science perspective to the discussion of molecular machines, focusing on the dynamics of interactions and interplay of forces. Molecular Machines will be readily approachable by experimentalists with a solid and robust physics background."-Christopher Yip, University of Toronto