Textbook of Structural Biology (ePub)

This is an important textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in structural biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biology and medicine. Written by a team of leading scientists in the field, it covers all the essential aspects of proteins, nucleic acids and lipids, including the rise and fall of proteins, membranes and gradients, the structural biology of cells, and evolution — the comparative structural biology. The focus is on interesting and relevant molecular structures as well as central biology.This comprehensive volume is richly illustrated with more than 200 color figures. So far, there has been a lack of comprehensive textbooks on structural biology that are up to date; this book is written to fill the gap. An accompanying CD contains high-resolution images that can be projected in a classroom.Contents:IntroductionBasics of Protein StructureBasics of Nucleic Acid StructureThe Basics of Lipids and Membrane StructureEnzymesMetabolism of DNA: Replication and RecombinationTranscriptionProtein Synthesis — TranslationProtein Folding and DegradationMembrane ProteinsSignal TransductionCell Motility and TransportStructural Aspects of Cell–Cell InteractionsThe Immune SystemVirus Structure and FunctionStructural Biology and the Evolution of BiomacromoleculesAppendices:Bonds and Energetics of MacromoleculesMethods for Fold ComparisonPrediction of Protein ConformationAssignment of Function to ProteinsProtein ModificationNobel LaureatesReadership: Undergraduate and graduate students in structural biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biology and medicine.