Optimal paths and irreversibility

Mark Millonas
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Mark Millonas: University of Chicago (MC6094)

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6650, 441-442

Abstract: The conformational change of an enzyme can lead to a complex cascade of biochemical reactions in a cell. The escape of electrons from an energy well can determine most of the electrical properties of a semiconductor. What these seemingly disparate events have in common is that they involve large, rare fluctuations. Constructing theories to explain such fluctuations is a considerable task, and a new experimental study provides a way of assessing their applicability to the real world.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/38895

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