Free Energy Transduction and Biochemical Cycle Kinetics

1 Survey of the Elements of Free Energy Transduction.- 1. States, Diagrams, Cycles, and Free Energy Transduction.- 2. Thermodynamic Forces.- 3. Operational, Cycle, and Transition Fluxes.- 4. Efficiency and the Rate of Free Energy Dissipation.- 5. Fluxes and Forces Near Equilibrium.- 2 State Probabilities and Fluxes in Terms of the Rate Constants of the Diagram.- 6. The Diagram Method for State Probabilities.- 7. The Diagram Method for Cycle Fluxes and Related Topics.- 8. Recent Advances Concerning Fluxes, Diagrams, and Random Walks.- 3 Free Energy Levels and Application to Muscle Contraction.- 9. Free Energy Levels in Kinetic Diagrams.- 10. Kinetic and Thermodynamic Formalism for Muscle Contraction.