Physical and Chemical Bases of Biological Information Transfer [Paperback]

Mathematical Approach and Models of Regulatory Mechanisms.- A New Mathematical Approach of Hormonal Regulatory Mechanisms during Growth.- The Aliosteric Model of Monod, Wyman and Changeux and the Phenomenon of Rising B/F-Curves in HormoneAntibody Reactions.- Oxytocin Effect of the Depolarized Rat Uterus: A Mathematical Approach Using System Identification.- Method for Measuring the Development of Control Systems in Time.- Analytical Investigation of the Oscillatory Phenomenon in Hormone Regulation.- Substrate Concentration and Its Effect on the Application of the Law of Mass ActionA Brownian Model.- Information Transfer in Ageing: An Allosteric Model of Hormonal Regulation.- Physical Mechanisms of Information Transfer.- The Conformational Changes of Biopolymers Retaining Their Initial Structure: A Necessary Stage of Intracellular Information Transfer.- Flexoelectric Model for Active Transport.- On the Role of the Conformation Changes at the Active Site for Allosteric Interactions.- A Possible Transfer of Physical Information through the Conversion of Mechanical Energy into Electrical: A Piezoelectric Effect in Proteins.- Protein Hormones and Their Receptor Interactions.- Effect of PGF-2alpha on the Synthesis of Placental Proteins and HPL.- Bioenergetic Effect of the Gonadotropic Hormones in Vivo.- Bioenergetic Effect of Thyreostimulating Hormone in Vitro.- Sex-Dependent Prolactin Pattern during Development.- The Correlation between the Binding of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin to Luteal Cells and Plasma Membrane of Luteal Cells.- Particulate and Solubilized Hepatic Receptors for Glucagon, Insulin, Secretin, and Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide.- Protein Hormones Binding to Blood and Sperm Cells.- Small Molecules, Steroids, and Receptor Interactions.- Receptor Transformation  A Key Step in Estrogen Action.- Testicular Feminization Syndrome: A Model of Chemical Information Non-Transfer.- Effect of the Synthetic Estrogen Dioxydiphenylhexane on the Content of NucllS