Membranes to molecular machines active matter and the remaking of life
Today's science tells us that our bodies are filled with molecular machinery that orchestrates all sorts of life processes. When we think, microscopic "channels" open and close in our brain cell membranes; when we run, tiny "motors" spin in our muscle cell membranes; and whe...
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| Язык: | English |
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Chicago
The University of Chicago Press,
[2019]
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| Серии: | Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press)
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| Online-ссылка: | https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/1941159.pdf Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Оглавление:
- Introduction : the molecular-mechanical vision of life
- Part one : Taking membranes apart, isolating a molecular pump
- What membranes can tell a historian and philosopher of the life sciences
- Active matter
- Part two: Remaking membranes and molecular machines
- Synthesizing cells and molecules : mechanisms as "plug-and-play"
- Biochip fever: life and technology in the 1980s
- Conclusion.