Tunneling in Biological Systems
A Colloquium of the Johnson Research Foundation
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Tunneling in Biological Systems
A Colloquium of the Johnson Research Foundation
About This Book
Tunneling in Biological Systems focuses on the low temperature electron transport that reveals a quantum-mechanical effect called "tunneling." This book discusses the tunneling in physical systems; detection of molecular vibrations with electron tunneling; chemical-rate theory of small-polaron hopping; and experimental approaches to electronic coupling in metal ion redox systems. The Faraday rotation and photoconductivity of photosynthetic structures at microwave frequencies; dynamics of electron transport in macromolecules; and electron transfer reactions in cytochrome oxidase are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the kinetic evidence for electron tunneling in solution; specificity and control in biological systems; molecular tunneling in heme proteins; and ligand binding. This publication is valuable to students and researchers interested in the physics of biological and medical problems.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Tunneling in Biological Systems
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- PREFACE
- PART I: TUNNELING IN PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
- PART II: TUNNELING IN CHEMICAL SYSTEMS
- PART III: TUNNELING IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
- PART IV: TUNNELING IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS
- PART V: TUNNELING IN THE RESPIRATORY CHAIN
- PART VI: TUNNELING IN MODEL BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
- PART VII: MOLECULAR TUNNELING
- PART VIII: EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES
- SUBJECT INDEX