?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=STRUCTURAL+ORDER+AND+PARTIAL+DISORDER+IN+BIOLOGICAL+SYSTEMS%3A%0AStructural+%22Fuzziness%22+underlying+All+Biological+Functions&rft.creator=Baianu%2C+Prof.+Dr.+I.C.&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.description=The+presence+of+structural+order+and+partial+disorder+is+discussed+for+several+important+biological+molecules+such+as+DNA%2C+enzymes+and+proteins%2C+as+well+as+for+cellular+structures+such+as+nerve+myelin.+The+relationship+between+structural+%22fuzziness%22+and+biological+function+is+discussed%0Aas+an+important+aspect+of+biological+complexity+and+biodynamics.+The+possible+effects+of+partial+disorder+on+the+electron+density+of+states+in+biological+structures+are+predicted+based+on+known+quantum+theoretical+computations+for+lattices+in+solids.+Important+phenomena+such+as+Anderson+delocalization%2C+Hall+effect+and+quantum+tunneling+are+predicted+to+affect+biological+function.+Novel+experiments+are+being+proposed+by+pulsed+lasers%2C+pulsed%2FFT-NMR+and+optical%2FNIR+spectroscopy+to+monitor+the+effects+of+structural+partial+disorder+and+%22fuzziness%22+on+biological+function.+Novel+methods+for+computer+analysis+of+paracrystalline+lattices+such+as+nerve+myelin+and+oriented+DNA+fibers+are+also+proposed+based+on+molecular+models+that+include+partial+disorder.+%0A&rft.publisher=Pergamon+Press+Ltd.&rft.contributor=Landahl+Sr.%2C+Professor+H.D.&rft.date=1980-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3822%2F1%2FletterBMBpdf.pdf&rft.identifier=++Baianu%2C+Prof.+Dr.+I.C.++(1980)+STRUCTURAL+ORDER+AND+PARTIAL+DISORDER+IN+BIOLOGICAL+SYSTEMS%3A+Structural+%22Fuzziness%22+underlying+All+Biological+Functions.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3822%2F