contributions of computational approaches to elucidating macromolecular structure and function /
First Statement of Responsibility
Committee on Computer-Assisted Modeling, Board on Basic Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academy Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1987.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 175 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-175).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In much of biology, the search for understanding the relation between structure and function is now taking place at the macromolecular level. Proteins, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides are macromolecule--polymers formed from families of simpler subunits. Because of their size and complexity, the polymers are capable of both inter- and intramolecular interactions. These interactions confer upon the polymers distinctive three-dimensional shapes. These tertiary configurations, in turn, determine the function of the macromolecule. Computers have become so inextricably involved in empirical studies of three-dimensional macromolecular structure that mathematical modeling, or theory, and experimental approaches are interrelated aspects of a single enterprise.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Computer-assisted modeling.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Biochemistry-- Computer simulation.
Macromolecules-- Data processing.
Computer Simulation.
Macromolecular Substances.
Biochemistry-- Computer simulation.
Life Sciences / Molecular Biology.
Macromolecules-- Data processing.
SCIENCE-- Chemistry-- Organic.
SCIENCE.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
SCI-- 013040
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
547
.
7/028/54
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QD381
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9
.
E4
.
Book number
C86
1987eb
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Computer-Assisted Modeling.