Frontiers in Physicochemical Biology

Content: 
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xiii
Preface, Pages xv-xvi, Bernard Pullman
1 - Current Progress and Future Prospects of the Research on Nucleic Acids, Pages 3-63, PAUL O.P. TS\'O
2 - The Structure of Transfer RNA Molecules in Solution, Pages 65-80, DAVID R. KEARNS, THOMAS EARLY, PHILIP H. BOLTON
3 - The Chemistry of Membrane-Active Peptides and Proteins, Pages 81-113, YU.A. OVCHINNIKOV
4 - Conformational Analysis of Polypeptides: Application to Homologous Proteins, Pages 115-142, MARY K. SWENSON, ANTONY W. BURGESS, HAROLD A. SCHERAGA
5 - Aspects of Biomolecules in Their Surroundings: Hydration and Cation Binding, Pages 143-163, BERNARD PULLMAN
6 - SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AS A TOOL IN GENETICS, Pages 167-182, C. WEISSMANN, T. TANIGUCHI, E. DOMINGO, D. SABO, R.A. FLAVELL
7 - Gene Control by the λ Phage Repressor, Pages 183-190, MARK PTASHNE
8 - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Protein—Nucleotide Interactions, Pages 191-211, MILDRED COHN, B.D. NAGESWARA RAO
9 - The Role of RNA\'s in the Structure and Function of Ribosomes, Pages 213-235, J.P. EBEL
10 - Mechanism of Initiation of Protein Synthesis, Pages 237-265, M. GRUNBERG-MANAGO
11 - Molecular Oxygen and Superoxide Dismutase: Environmental Threat and Biological Defense, Pages 269-281, IRWIN FRIDOVICH
12 - Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase: A Superoxide-Utilizing Enzyme, Pages 283-297, OSAMU HAYAISHI
13 - Reaction Intermediates of D-Amino Acid Oxidase, Pages 299-308, KUNIO YAGI
14 - Biological Aspects of Superoxide Dismutase, Pages 309-355, A.M. MICHELSON
15 - Recent Developments on the Active-Site Structure and Mechanism of Bovine Copper-and Zinc-Containing Superoxide Dismutase, Pages 357-368, GIUSEPPE ROTILIO, ADELIO RIGO, LILIA CALABRESE
16 - Binding of Oxygen to Hemoglobin A in the T-State, Pages 369-384, QUENTIN H. GIBSON, CHARLES A. SAWICKI
17 - The Structure and Assembly of the Membrane of Semliki Forest Virus, Pages 387-407, KAI SIMONS, HENRIK GAROFF, ARI HELENIUS, ANDREW ZIEMIECKI
18 - Oscillations: A Property of Organized Systems, Pages 409-419, BENNO HESS
19 - Cation-Induced Regulatory Mechanism of Enzyme Reactions, Pages 421-457, PATRICK MAUREL, PIERRE DOUZOU
20 - The Proton Pumps of Photosynthesis, Pages 459-483, A.R. CROFTS, S. SAPHON
21 - The Photosynthetic Intramembrane Electric Field, Pages 485-497, PIERRE JOLIOT
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 499-503