著者

木下 正弘 原野 雄一

出版者

一般社団法人 日本生物物理学会

雑誌

生物物理 (ISSN:05824052)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.46, no.4, pp.214-219, 2006 (Released:2006-07-25)

参考文献数

19

被引用文献数

2 1

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In the biological system, various processes of the self-assembly and formation of ordered structure (e.g., protein folding, molecular recognition, association of protein molecules, and protein-membrane association) occur to sustain life. By referring to our results of analyses using statistical-mechanical theories, we argue that the entropic gain originating from the translational movement of water molecules play crucially important roles in these processes.