Molecular biophysics

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Molecular biophysics is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary area of research that combines concepts in physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and biology.[1] It seeks to understand biomolecular systems and explain biological function in terms of molecular structure, structural organization, and dynamic behaviour at various levels of complexity (from single molecules to supramolecular structures, viruses and small living systems). The technical challenges are formidable, and the discipline has required development of specialized equipment and procedures capable of imaging and manipulating minute living structures, as well as novel experimental approaches.

See also

  • Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran, one of the founders of molecular biophysics. [citation needed] Famous for the creation of the Ramachandran plot.[2]

References

  1. ↑ What is a molecular biophysics?
  2. ↑ Ramachandran, GN; Ramakrishnan, C; Sasisekharan, V (1963). "Stereochemistry of polypeptide chain configurations". Journal of Molecular Biology 7: 95–9. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(63)80023-6. PMID 13990617. 
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