Advances in Bio: Chirality

Content: 
Preface, Pages 1-2, Claudio Bartolacelli
Chapter 2 - Dimensions of Biological Homochirality, Pages 3-12, Gyula Pályi, Claudia Zucchi, Luciano Caglioti
Chapter 3 - Chirality Algebra and the Right-Left Classification Problem, Pages 13-34, R.B. King
Chapter 4 - Theory of Biological Homochirality: Chirality, Symmetry Deficiency, and Electron-Cloud Holography in the Shape Analysis of Biomolecules, Pages 35-46, Paul G. Mezey
Chapter 5 - On the Biological Advantage of Chirality, Pages 47-68, Gideon Gilat
Chapter 6 - Origin of Biological Homochirality: Directed Selection or Random Motion?, Pages 69-83, Vladik A. Avetisov
Chapter 7 - Possible Mechanisms for Spontaneous Production of Enantiomeric Excess, Pages 85-97, David Z. Lippmann, Julio Dix
Chapter 8 - Search for the Origin of Homochirality of Biomolecules, Pages 99-103, Lajos Keszthelyi
Chapter 9 - The Role of Homochirality in Evolution, Pages 105-114, Zhao Nansheng
Chapter 10 - A New Method for Testing Models of Prebiotic Peptide Assembly, Pages 115-123, Melanie Bengtson, Eric D. Edstrom
Chapter 11 - Asymmetric Autocatalysis and Biomolecular Chirality, Pages 125-136, Kenso Soai, Takanori Shibata
Chapter 12 - Left-Right Asymmetry in Animal Embryogenesis, Pages 137-152, Michael Levin
Chapter 13 - Evolutionary Origin of Asymmetry in Early Metazoan Animals, Pages 153-190, Jerzy Dzik
Chapter 14 - Chirality in Charophytes: Stability and Evolution from 400 Million Years to Present, Pages 191-207, Ingeborg Soulié-Märsche
Chapter 15 - Application of Amino Acid Racemization in Fossil Pleistocene Vertebrate and Invertebrate Analysis. Preservation of Proteins and Amino Acids, Pages 209-229, Trinidad de Torres
Chapter 16 - Biomarker Reaction Kinetics during Kerogen Microscale Pyrolysis, Pages 231-246, Geoffrey D. Abbott, Andrew W. Scott
Chapter 17 - Aspartic Acid Racemization in the Dentine of Bears (Ursus etruscus G. Cuvier, Ursus prearctos, Boule, Ursus deningeri von Reichenau and Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller-Heinroth). Tooth Dentine Amino Acids Versus Mollusca Amino Acids, Pages 247-256, T. de Torres, J.F. Llamas, L. Canoira, P. García-Alonso
Chapter 18 - The Abiotic Generation of Homochirality on Saturn's Moon Titan, Pages 257-270, J.I. Lunine, J. Beauchamp, M.A. Smith, E. Nikolaev
Chapter 19 - d-Amino Acids in Nature, Pages 271-283, Yoko Nagata
Chapter 20 - Racemization-induced Defolding and Aggregation of Segments of β-amyloid Protein: An Early Step in the Formation of Amyloid Plaques, Pages 285-295, Zs. Majer, E. Láng, E. Vass, S. Szabó, B. Hallgas, M. Hollósi
Chapter 21 - Occurrence and Biosynthesis of Animal Peptides Containing a d-Amino Acid, Pages 297-304, Günther Kreil
Chapter 22 - Spontaneous d-Aspartic Acid Formation at Specific Sites of Lens Protein During Aging, Pages 305-313, Noriko Fujii, Yuko Momose, Mitsuhiko Akaboshi
Chapter 23 - Asymmetric Phenomena in Studies of encapsulation and Assembly, Pages 315-324, Julius Rebek Jr
Chapter 24 - Self-assembly of Cholesteric Liquid crystal Polyesters and their Stereoselective Interaction with Liposomes of DMPC, Pages 325-334, Mercedes Pérez-Mendez, Fayos José, C. Reyes Mateo
Chapter 25 - Transferring Chirality in Homogeneous Catalysis, Pages 335-345, Paul S. Pregosin
Chapter 26 - Chiral Genetics of Drugs and Related Compounds, Pages 347-360, Béla Noszál
Chapter 27 - Chiroptical Properties of (S)-(−) Methyl Glycolate-d1, Pages 361-366, Arrigo Forni, Irene Moretti, Fabio Prati, Giovanni Torre
Chapter 28 - Experimental Evidences for Parity Violating Energy Differences Between Enantiomers, Pages 367-376, Andrea Szabó-Nagy, L. Keszthelyi
Chapter 29 - On the Stabilization of Natural l-α-Amino Acids and d-Sugars via Parity-Violating Effects, Pages 377-385, Riccardo Zanasi, Paolo Lazzeretti, Andrea Ligabue, Alessandro Soncini
Chapter 30 - Radiodecomposition of d,l-Aspartic Acid by Tritium-β-Rays, Pages 387-392, Mitsuhiko Akaboshi, Kenichi Kawai, Yoshiko Tanaka, Noriko Fujii
Subject Index, Pages 393-407