Physical principles in sensing and signaling : with an introduction to modeling in biology / Robert G. Endres, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London.
By: Endres, Robert G [author.].
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TextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First edition.Description: xi, 145 pages : UKP 26.99 illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199600632 (hbk.); 0199600635 (hbk.); 9780199600649 (pbk.); 0199600643 (pbk.).Subject(s): Cell interaction | Cellular signal transduction | Chemotaxis | Escherichia coli | Biophysics | Cell Communication -- physiology | Cell Movement -- physiology | Models, Biological | Signal Transduction | Biophysics | Cell interaction | Cellular signal transduction | Chemotaxis | Escherichia coliDDC classification: 571.6 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.