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Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement No. 191
Statistical Physics and Topology of Polymers with Ramifications
to Structure and Function of DNA and Proteins
Proceedings of the YITP Workshop: a Satellite Meeting of STATPHYS24
Ed. by T. Deguchi, H. Hayakawa, K. Shimokawa, A. Stasiak and K. Tsurusaki
The YITP workshop ``Statistical physics and topology of polymers with
ramifications to structure and function of DNA and proteins'' was held
at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University,
from August 2nd to 6th, 2010. It was also a satellite meeting of
Statphys24 (the XXIV International Conference on Statistical Physics
of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)), Cairns,
Australia, July 19 - 23, 2010.
Topological effects on the statistical mechanics of polymers have attracted
much attention in various fields of science, such as physics, biology and
chemistry. DNA knots, knots in proteins, and synthetic ring polymers have
been extensively studied not only by theoretically but also experimentally.
How topology affects such statistical properties of polymer chains
as their scaling, their shape or their diffusiveness are subjects of intensive
research by many groups.
These and many other topics related to topological effects
on the statistical mechanics of biopolymers and polymers in general were
the subjects of this interdisciplinary workshop.
This volume contains 24 papers, which correspond to one of the
keynote lectures and to a selection of other invited talks
and poster presentations.
The order of the papers in this volume is as follows:
1. biological, 2. bio-mathematical, 3. polymer-physical,
4. DNA modeling, 5. mathematical.
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