Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xiii
4. PART I. THE MAKING OF MOLECULAR SWITCHES
5. 1. IT’S AN ALLOSTERIC WORLD 3
6. 2. THE ALLOSTERICIAN’S TOOLKIT 35
7. PART II. THE LONG REACH OF ALLOSTERY
8. 3. SIGNALING AT THE CELL MEMBRANE: ION CHANNELS 77
9. 4. HOW BACTERIA NAVIGATE THE WORLD AROUND THEM 124
10. 5. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF G PROTEINS AND G PROTEIN–COUPLED RECEPTORS 170
11. 6. DYNAMICS OF MWC MOLECULES: ENZYME ACTION AND ALLOSTERY 201
12. 7. HEMOGLOBIN, NATURE’S HONORARY ENZYME 231
13. 8. HOW CELLS DECIDE WHAT TO BE: SIGNALING AND GENE REGULATION 272
14. 9. BUILDING LOGIC FROM ALLOSTERY 303
15. 10. DNA PACKING AND ACCESS: THE PHYSICS OF COMBINATORIAL CONTROL 316
16. PART III. BEYOND ALLOSTERY
17. 11. ALLOSTERY EXTENDED 347
18. 12. MAXWELL DEMONS, PROOFREADING, AND ALLOSTERY 365
19. 13. A FAREWELL TO ALLOSTERY 395
20. INDEX 409