The Impact of Protein Chemistry on the Biomedical Sciences

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors and Participants, Pages xiii-xv
Preface, Pages xvii-xx, Alan N. Schechter, Ann Dean, Robert F. Goldberger
Introduction: The Anfinsen Series, Pages xxi-xxix, DONALD S. FREDRICKSON
Christian Anfinsen and the National Institutes of Health, Pages xxxi-xxxii, J. EDWARD RALL
CHAPTER 1 - Historical Perspective of Biomedical Research, Pages 3-6, A. BAIRD HASTINGS
CHAPTER 2 - Basic Research as an Investment in the Nation\'s Future, Pages 7-19, GILBERT S. OMENN
CHAPTER 3 - From Polypeptide Chemistry to Muscle Contraction, Pages 23-37, WILLIAM F. HARRINGTON
CHAPTER 4 - Serum Albumin: Adventures of a Circulating Protein, Pages 39-55, THEODORE PETERS JR.
CHAPTER 5 - What Does Hydrogen Exchange Tell Us about Proteins?, Pages 57-65, AASE HVIDT
CHAPTER 6 - The Mechanism of Protein Folding, Pages 67-81, HIROSHI TANIUCHI
CHAPTER 7 - Chemical Syntheses and Biological Activities of Cyclic Peptides, Pages 83-89, NOBUO IZUMIYA
CHAPTER 8 - Affinity Labeling: From Nuclease to Cells, Pages 91-105, MEIR WILCHEK
CHAPTER 9 - Structural Bases of Biological Function: From Nucleases to Neurophysins, Pages 107-120, IRWIN M. CHAIKEN
CHAPTER 10 - Staphylococcal Nuclease, a Calcium-Binding Protein: Path to the Vitamin K-Dependent Blood Coagulation Proteins, Pages 121-133, BRUCE FURIE
CHAPTER 11 - Molecular Evolution, Antibody Formation, and Embryogenesis, Pages 137-157, WILLIAM J. DREYER
CHAPTER 12 - The Combining Site of Antibodies: From the Protein to the Gene, Pages 159-176, DAVID GIVOL
CHAPTER 13 - Protein Conformation and Biological Function: From Ribonuclease to Antigens and Antibodies, Pages 177-186, MICHAEL SELA
CHAPTER 14 - Antigenic Determinants of Proteins and Synthetic Vaccines, Pages 187-198, RUTH ARNON
CHAPTER 15 - Staphylococcal Nuclease as a Model Antigen, Pages 199-212, DAVID H. SACHS
CHAPTER 16 - Autoimmunity to Acetylcholine Receptor and Its Significance for Myasthenia Gravis, Pages 213-225, SARA FUCHS
CHAPTER 17 - The Antibody Combining Site: A Basis for a New Pharmacology, Pages 227-245, EDGAR HABER
CHAPTER 18 - Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis: A Problem in Cell Biology, Pages 249-270, DANIEL STEINBERG
CHAPTER 19 - Protein Chemistry and the Cardiologist, Pages 271-278, ARNOLD M. KATZ
CHAPTER 20 - Regulation of Cyclic Nucleotide Metabolism: From Proteins to Cyclic Nucleotides and Back, Pages 279-290, MARTHA VAUGHAN
CHAPTER 21 - Activation of Adenylate Cyclase in the Adrenal Cortex, Pages 291-303, DAVID A. ONTJES
CHAPTER 22 - Studies of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: Implications for Fertility Research, Pages 305-317, ROBERT E. CANFIELD
CHAPTER 23 - Excursions of a Protein Vagabond: From Nuclease to Affinity Chromatography to Hormone Receptors and Membranes, Pages 319-327, PEDRO CUATRECASAS
CHAPTER 24 - Early Embryonic Development: Normal and Abnormal, Pages 331-348, CHARLES J. EPSTEIN
CHAPTER 25 - Molecular Regulation in Muscle Development, Pages 349-362, HENRY F. EPSTEIN
CHAPTER 26 - Interferon: Past, Present, and Future, Pages 363-373, KATHRYN C. ZOON
CHAPTER 27 - Parathyroid Hormone: Chemistry, Biosynthesis, and Mode of Action, Pages 375-394, JOHN T. POTTS JR.
Bibliography, Pages 395-405
Index, Pages 407-415