Synchrotron Radiation Applied to Biophysical and Biochemical Research

Front Matter....Pages N1-xi
Basic Properties of Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 1-27
Some Considerations on UV Optics for Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 29-47
VUV Monochromators at Synchrotron Radiation Sources....Pages 49-76
Biophysical Spectroscopy in the Visible and Ultraviolet Using Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 77-110
Spectroscopy and Photophysics. I. Radiative and Non-Radiative Decay Processes....Pages 111-125
Spectroscopy and Photophysics. II. Bimolecular Processes....Pages 127-142
Physical-Organic Photochemistry. I. Introduction and σ → σ*, π → π* Excitations....Pages 143-149
Physical-Organic Photochemistry. II. n → π* Excitations....Pages 151-155
Physical-Organic Photo-chemistry. III. Photooxidations....Pages 157-162
Physical-Organic Photochemistry. IV. Complex Formation....Pages 163-169
Time-Resolved Fluorescence Studies on Drug Binding Sites....Pages 171-182
The Use of Synchrotron Radiation in Fluorescence Studies on Biochemical Systems....Pages 183-201
Excited States of Proteins....Pages 203-218
Excited States and Photochemical Reactions in Nucleic Acids....Pages 219-227
Excited State Interactions and Photochemical Reactions in Protein-Nucleic Acid Complexes....Pages 229-237
Primary Processes in Radiation Chemistry....Pages 239-253
X-Ray Radiolysis of Condensed Systems: Solid DNA and DNA Solutions....Pages 255-262
UV Photobiology: DNA Damage and Repair....Pages 263-269
UV Photobiology: Postreplication Repair....Pages 271-275
UV Photobiology: Excision Repair....Pages 277-282
Far and Near Ultraviolet Radiation Products and Their Repair....Pages 283-290
Structure Determination by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy — Including Applications from the Study of Molybdenum Proteins....Pages 291-322
The Layout of X-Ray Optics and Instruments for the Use of Synchrotron Radiation at the Outstation of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Hamburg....Pages 323-333
Small Angle Scattering of Solutions....Pages 335-341
Two Forthcoming Methods for the Determination of Macromolecular Structures in Solution: Mössbauer Scattering & Spatial Correlation of Scattering Fluctuations....Pages 343-347
Protein Crystallography with Synchrotron Radiation I. General Discussion and High Resolution Data Collection....Pages 349-359
Protein Crystallography with Synchrotron Radiation II. Anomalous Scattering and the Phase Problem....Pages 361-376
X-Ray Lithography and Microscopy....Pages 377-387
Back Matter....Pages 389-390