Abstract
One of the primary quantitative languages in thinking about biological processes is the theory of probability. After introducing the great probability distributions, we turn to a powerful case study by examining the phenomenology of allostery. The quantitative analysis of allosteric proteins within the framework of the Monod-Wyman-Changeux model will allow us to see the unity between diverse processes such as transcriptional regulation, ion channel gating and receptor-mediated signaling.
