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203 Pages
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Routledge
203 Pages
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Routledge
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Proteins in living systems carry out a great variety of specific functions, each of which depends on the precise three-dimensional structure of a particular protein. Proteins are synthesized in the form of a flexible polypeptide chain that is capable of assuming a vast number of configurations; the transformation of this chain into a specific, relatively rigid three-dimensional structure is called... Read more
About the Series -- Preface -- What Do the Folds in Proteins Look Like? -- Modular Processes and Natural Selection for Rapid Folding -- Hierarchical Structure and Assembly of Type I Collagen -- Stability and Dynamics of Globular Proteins -- On the Folding and Insertion of Globular Membrane Proteins -- Use of Temperature Sensitive Mutants to Dissect Pathways of Protein Folding and Subunit Interaction -- Exons and Domains in Relation to Protein Folding -- Principles and Problems of Biological Growth
Biography
Donald B. Wetlaufer is Chairman and Dupont Professor of Chemistry at the University of Delaware. His research interests are in protein biochemistry, molecular association, protein ageing and turnover, and bioanalytical chemistry. Currently he serves on several professional advisory panels.
