Physical Biology latest papers

Noisy cell growth rate leads to fluctuating protein concentration in bacteria

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Saburo Tsuru, Junya Ichinose, Akiko Kashiwagi, Bei-Wen Ying, Kunihiko Kaneko and Tetsuya Yomo
Affiliation(s): Department of Bioinformatic Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 1-5 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Conformational energies and entropies of peptides, and the peptide–protein binding problem

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): E Besray Unal, Attila Gursoy and Burak Erman
Affiliation(s): Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Koc University, Rumelifeneriyolu, Sariyer 34450, Istanbul, Turkey

Modeling the entropic structural transition of DNA complexes formed with intercalating drugs

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): M S Rocha
Affiliation(s): Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, CEP 36570-000, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Physical signals for protein–DNA recognition

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Xiao-Qin Cao, Jia Zeng and Hong Yan
Affiliation(s): School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue 83, Hong Kong; Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue 83, Hong Kong; School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Open-system thermodynamic analysis of DNA polymerase fidelity

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Field Cady and Hong Qian
Affiliation(s): Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Palytoxin and the sodium/potassium pump—phosphorylation and potassium interaction

Wed, 20 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Antonio M Rodrigues, Antonio F C Infantosi and Antonio-Carlos G de Almeida
Affiliation(s): Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering Department, Federal University of Sao Joao del-Rei, Brazil; Biomedical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed

Frustrated bistability as a means to engineer oscillations in biological systems

Wed, 20 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): S Krishna, S Semsey and M H Jensen
Affiliation(s): Center for Models of Life, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Genetics, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary

Folding pathways explored with artificial potential functions

Wed, 13 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): B Ulutas, T Haliloglu and I Bozma
Affiliation(s): Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Electric Electronic Engineering Deptartment, Bogazici University, 34342 Istanbul, Turkey; Polymer Research Center, Deptartment of Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University, 34342 Istanbul, Turkey

Robustness and epistasis in mutation-selection models

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Andrea Wolff and Joachim Krug
Affiliation(s): Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universitat zu Koln, Zulpicher Str. 77, 50937 Koln, Germany

Probing embryonic tissue mechanics with laser hole drilling

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Xiaoyan Ma, Holley E Lynch, Peter C Scully and M Shane Hutson
Affiliation(s): Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystem Research & Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA; Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA

The fusion of actin bundles driven by interacting motor proteins

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): David Gillo, Barak Gilboa, Roi Gurka and Anne Bernheim-Groswasser
Affiliation(s): Department of Chemical Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel

Modeling proteasome dynamics in Parkinson's disease

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Kim Sneppen, Ludvig Lizana, Mogens H Jensen, Simone Pigolotti and Daniel Otzen
Affiliation(s): Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Niels Bohr International Academy, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Arhus University, Department of Molecular Biology Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, 8000 Arhus C, Denmark

Anomalous scaling in nanopore translocation of structured heteropolymers

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Author(s): Malcolm McCauley, Robert Forties, Ulrich Gerland and Ralf Bundschuh
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1117, USA; Arnold-Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), LMU Munchen, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 Munchen, Germany; Departments of Physics and Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1117, USA