Basic statistical recipes for the emergence of biochemical discernment

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 498-516

  Michel, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Brillouin; Cooperativity; Entropy; Induced fit; Information; Life

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMETRY; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMETRY; ENTROPY; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84860392685     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.07.011     Document Type: Review

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