The behavior of biological macromolecules / Charles R. Cantor, Paul R. Schimmel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cantor, Charles R., 1942-

Contributor:

Schimmel, Paul R. (Paul Reinhard), 1940-

Series:

Biophysical chemistry ; pt. 3.

Biophysical chemistry ; pt. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological chemistry--methods.

Macromolecular Systems.

Molecular Biology--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Biological chemistry--methods.

Macromolecular Systems.

Molecular Biology--methods.

Physical Description:

624 pages in various pagings : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, 1980.

Summary:

The three beautifully illustrated volumes of Biophysical Chemistry offer a comprehensive, modern treatment of the physical properties of biological macromolecules and the physical techniques used to study them.

Contents:

Part I The Conformation of Biological Macromolecules

1 An Introduction to the Strategy and Tactics of Biophysical Chemistry

2 Structure of Proteins

3 Structure of Nucleic Acids

4 Other Biological Polymers

5 Conformational Analysis and Forces That Determine Protein Structure

6 Conformational Analysis and Forces That Determine Nucleic Acid Structure

Part II Techniques for The Study of Biological Structure and Function

7 Absorption Spectroscopy

8 Other Optical Techniques

9 Introduction to Magnetic Resonance

10 Size and Shape of Macromolecules

11 Ultracentrifugation

12 Other Hydrodynamic Techniques

13 X-Ray Crystallography

14 Other Scattering and Diffraction Techniques

Part III The Behavior of Biological Macromolecules

15 Ligand Interactions at Equilibrium

16 Kinetics of Ligand Interactions

17 Regulation of Biological Activity

18 Configurational Statistics of Polymer Chains

19 Elementary Polymer-Chain Hydrodynamics and Chain Dimensions

20 Conformational Equilibria of Polypeptides and Proteins: The Helix-Coil Transition

21 Conformational Equilibria of Polypeptides and Proteins: Reversible Folding of Proteins

22 Nucleic Acid Structural Transitions

23 Statistical Mechanics and Kinetics of Nucleic Acid Interactions

24 Tertiary Structure of Nucleic Acids

25 Introduction to Membrane Equilibria and to Bilayers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0716711915

OCLC:

5942353