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Advances in Biochirality /
Chirality is a fundamental, persistent, but often overlooked feature of all living organisms on the molecular level as well as on the macroscopic scale. The high degree of preference for only one of two possible mirror image forms in Nature, often called biological homochirality is a puzzling, and n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Selected chapter headings: Preface. (C. Bartolacelli). Dimensions of Biological Homochirality (G. �Plyi <IT>et al.</IT>). Theory of Biological Homochirality: Chirality, Symmetry Deficiency, and Electron-Cloud Holography in the Shape Analysis of Biomolecules (P.G. Mezey). On the Biological Advantage of Chirality (G. Gilat). Possible Mechanisms for Spontaneous Production of Enantiomeric Excess (D.Z. Lippmann, J. Dix). Search for the Origin of Homochirality of Biomolecules (L. Keszthelyi). The Role of Homochirality in Evolution (Z. Nansheng). Asymmetric Autocatalysis and Biomolecular Chirality (K. Soai, T. Shibata). Left-right Asymmetry in Animal Embryogenesis (M. Levin). Evolutionary Origin of Asymmetry in Early Metazoans (J. Dzik). Application of Amino Acid Racemization in Fossil Pleistocene Vertebrate and Invertebrate Analysis. Preservation of Proteins and Amino Acids (T. de Torres). Biomarker Reaction Kinetics during Kerogen Microscale Pyrolysis (G.D. Abbott, A.W. Scott). The Abiotic Generation of Homochirality on Saturn's Moon Titan (J.I. Lunine <IT>et al</IT>.). D-Amino Acids in Nature (Y. Nagata). Racemization-induced Defolding and Aggregation of Segments of & bgr;-Amyloid Protein: An Early Step in the Formation of Amyloid Plaques (Zs. Majer <IT>et al</IT>.) Occurrence and Biosynthesis of Animal Peptides Containing a D-amino acid (G. Kreil). Spontaneous D-Aspartic Acid Formation at Specific Sites of Lens Protein During Aging (N. Fujii <IT>et al</IT>.) Asymmetric Phenomena in Studies of Encapsulation and Assembly (J. Rebek Jr.). Self-assembly of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Polyesters and their Stereoselective Interaction with Liposomes of DMPC (M. �Prez-Mendez <IT>et al.</IT>). Transferring Chirality in Homogeneous Catalysis (P.S. Pregosin). Chiroptical Properties of (S)-(& mdash;) Methyl Glycolate-<IT>d</IT><INF>1</INF> (A. Forni <IT>et al</IT>.).