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Crystals, X-rays, and proteins : comprehensive protein crystallography
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherwood, Dennis, Author.
- Cooper, Jon, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proteins--Structure.
- Proteins.
- X-ray crystallography.
- X-Ray Diffraction.
- Natural Science Disciplines.
- Investigative Techniques.
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins.
- Molecular Conformation.
- Molecular Structure.
- Crystallography.
- Occupations.
- Drug Therapy.
- Chemistry Techniques, Analytical.
- Biochemical Phenomena.
- Chemistry.
- Methods.
- Protein Conformation.
- Crystallography, X-Ray.
- Chemical Phenomena.
- Medical Subjects:
- X-Ray Diffraction.
- Natural Science Disciplines.
- Investigative Techniques.
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins.
- Molecular Conformation.
- Molecular Structure.
- Crystallography.
- Occupations.
- Drug Therapy.
- Chemistry Techniques, Analytical.
- Biochemical Phenomena.
- Proteins.
- Chemistry.
- Methods.
- Protein Conformation.
- Crystallography, X-Ray.
- Chemical Phenomena.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 621 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Information derived from X-ray crystal structures of biological molecules allows us to explain their functions in living organisms and to develop drugs to treat disease. This book describes the principles and practice of X-ray diffraction as a key technique at the forefront of new discoveries in biology and medicine.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- 1. The crystalline state and its study2. Vector analysis and complex algebra3. Crystal systematics4. Waves and electromagnetic radiation5. Fourier transforms and convolutions6. Diffraction7. Diffraction from one-dimensional obstacles8. Diffraction from a three-dimensional lattice9. The contents of the unit cell10. Experimental methods: sample preparatio11. Experimental techniques: data collection and analysis12. The Phase problem and the Patterson function13. Molecular replacement14. Solving the phase problem experimentally15. Refinement16. Complementary crystallographic methods.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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