Physics of Living Systems

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1. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Upper bound on the biological effects of 50/60 Hz magnetic fields mediated by radical pairs

   PJ Hore

   Any effects of environmental 50/60 Hz magnetic fields on human biology due to a radical pair mechanism should be no more dangerous than those incurred by travelling a few kilometres.
2. 1. Computational and Systems Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Learning protein constitutive motifs from sequence data

   Jérôme Tubiana et al.
3. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Mechanical instability and interfacial energy drive biofilm morphogenesis

   Jing Yan et al.
4. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Adaptation of olfactory receptor abundances for efficient coding

   Tiberiu Teşileanu et al.

   A model of efficient coding by olfactory neurons explains context-dependence observed in the effect of perturbations to the olfactory environment.
5. 1. Developmental Biology
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   The proneural wave in the Drosophila optic lobe is driven by an excitable reaction-diffusion mechanism

   David J Jörg et al.

   A model of signalling pathways interacting with proneural gene expression explains the sequential patterning of the largest visual processing centre in the developing Drosophila brain.
6. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Physics of Living Systems

   Mechanics and dynamics of translocating MreB filaments on curved membranes

   Felix Wong et al.
7. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   Negative reciprocity, not ordered assembly, underlies the interaction of Sox2 and Oct4 on DNA

   John W Biddle et al.

   Rigorous reanalysis of single-molecule data yields evidence for energy expenditure in the interaction of transcription factors on DNA.
8. 1. Physics of Living Systems
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Spatial and temporal organization of RecA in the Escherichia coli DNA-damage response

   Harshad Ghodke et al.

   Phase separated DNA-free stored forms of RecA dissolve in response to DNA damage to make RecA available for repair and recombination reactions as part of the bacterial (Escherichia coli) SOS response.
9. 1. Physics of Living Systems

   A first order phase transition mechanism underlies protein aggregation in mammalian cells

   Arjun Narayanan et al.

   Quantitative single molecule and super resolution imaging in mammalian cells reveal a population of precursor aggregates describable by first order phase transition theory.
10. 1. Physics of Living Systems

    High-molecular-weight polymers from dietary fiber drive aggregation of particulates in the murine small intestine

    Asher Preska Steinberg et al.

    Polymers from dietary fiber can control the aggregation of particulates in the murine small intestine in a manner qualitatively consistent with depletion interactions.