Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure: (v.35, 2006).0824318358 Annual review of biophysics biophysics, application of various methods and principles of physical science to the study of biological problems. In physiological biophysics physical mechanisms have been used to explain such biological processes as the transmission of nerve impulses, the muscle and biomolecular structure; v.35, 2006. Ed. by Douglas C. Rees et al. Annual Reviews 2006 535 pages $196.00 Hardcover QH505 This collection of 20 contributions describes recent progress in the application of physics to the study of biomolecular structures. The authors present new developments in computer-based design of novel protein structures, RNA RNA: see nucleic acid. RNA in full ribonucleic acid One of the two main types of nucleic acid (the other being DNA), which functions in cellular protein synthesis in all living cells and replaces DNA as the carrier of genetic folding during transcription, electron tomography Electron Tomography (ET) is a tomography technique for obtaining detailed 3D structures of macromolecular objects. In the process, a beam of electrons is passed through the sample at incremental degrees of rotation around the center of the target sample. of membrane-based cellular organelles, and radiolytic protein footprinting with mass spectrometry mass spectrometry or mass spectroscopy Analytic technique by which chemical substances are identified by sorting gaseous ions by mass using electric and magnetic fields. . Other topics include NMR NMR: see magnetic resonance. techniques for very large proteins and RNAs in solution, water mediation in protein folding and molecular recognition, and cryo- electron microscopy of spliceosomal components. Martin Karplus looks back on his career as biochemist in the lengthy opening chapter. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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