ESR and NMR of Paramagnetic Species in Biological and Related Systems: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, June 3–15,1979

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Pulse Techniques and Nuclear Spin Relaxation....Pages 1-28
Architecture and Dynamics of Isotopically Labelled Macromolecules by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy....Pages 29-53
Contact and Dipolar NMR Shifts: Theory and Applications....Pages 55-87
Solvent Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) in Solutions of Paramagnetic Proteins....Pages 89-115
Multiple Pulse 1 H NMR Experiments For Structural Studies of Hemoproteins....Pages 117-134
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Paramagnetic Proteins....Pages 135-150
Paramagnetic Ions as Relaxation Probes in Biological Systems....Pages 151-170
Theory of Electron Spin Resonance....Pages 171-200
The Electronic Ground State of 3d Metal Ions with Respect to the ESR and NMR Experiment....Pages 201-223
E.P.R. of Iron in Biological Systems....Pages 225-253
ESR and NMR Spectra of Exchange Coupled Metal Ions....Pages 255-273
Iron-Sulfur Proteins: Combined Mössbauer and EPR Studies....Pages 275-288
The Spin-Pairing Model for the Binding of Dioxygen to Transition Metal Complexes....Pages 289-301
EPR Studies of Copper Centers in Proteins....Pages 303-325
The Binding of Divalent Ions to Transfer Nucleic Acids....Pages 327-367
Physical Studies of Azurin and Some Metal Replaced Derivatives....Pages 369-379
Physical Aspects of the Spin Labelling Technique....Pages 381-397
Electron Spin Double Resonance Techniques and Saturation Transfer EPR....Pages 399-418
Recent Instrumental Developments on Endor Spectroscopy....Pages 419-422
Back Matter....Pages 423-434