Dynamical principles in biological processes

  1. E. W. Schlag,
  2. S. H. Lin,
  3. R. Weinkauf, and
  4. P. M. Rentzepis§,
  1. Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, D-86748 Garching, Germany; Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; and §Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92619-2025
  1. Contributed by P. M. Rentzepis

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose certain dynamical principles in biological systems, which can be used to explain the effectiveness of charge transfer or excitation transfer in biological systems. Some of these systems are accessible experimentally.

Footnotes

  • To whom reprint requests should be addressed. e-mail: pmrentze{at}uci.edu.

  • ABBREVIATION:
    ET,
    electron transfer
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