Advances in biological and medical physics. Volume IV /

Advances in Biological and Medical Physics, Volume IV, provides an overview of the state of knowledge in biological and medical physics. The book contains eight chapters and opens with a discussion of the application of X-ray diffraction to crystalline proteins. This is followed by separate chapters...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lawrence, John H. (John Hundale), 1904-1991 (Editor ), Tobias, Cornelius A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press Inc., 1956.
Temas:
Biophysics.
Physics.
Biophysics
Physics
Biophysique.
Physique.
physics.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Advances in Biological and Medical Physics; Copyright Page; CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME IV; FOREWORD; table of Contents; Chapter 1. X-ray Diffraction Applied to Crystalline Proteins; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CRYSTALS; III. X-RAY DIFFRACTION BY A CRYSTAL; IV. SYMMETRY OF CRYSTAL LATTICES; V. DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; VI. THE SOLVENT CONTENT OF PROTEIN CRYSTALS; VII. THE DENSITIES OF PROTEIN CRYSTALS; VIII. THE INTENSITIES OF THE BRAGG REFLECTIONS; IX. THE PATTERSON FUNCTION; X . PATTERSON FUNCTIONS OF PROTEINS; XI. THE ELECTRON DENSITY OF A CRYSTAL; XII. RESULTS; REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 2. The Problem of Information Transfer from the Nucleic Acids to Proteins1I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE RELATION OF THE NUCLEIC ACIDS TO PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; III. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; IV. NUCLEIC ACID-PROTEIN CODING SCHEMES; V. VARIOUS STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; VI. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Materials for the Biophysical and Biochemical Study of Cell Division; I. THE PROBLEM OF CELL DIVISION-INTRODUCTION; II. PATTERNS OF CELL DIVISION; III. PROBLEMS OF THE STIMULATION OF MITOSIS; IV. THE PREPARATION FOR MITOSIS; V. BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS OF MITOSIS.
  • VI. CYTOKINESIS: DIVISION OF THE CELL BODYVII. THE INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTS WITH ANTIMITOTIC AGENTS; REFERENCES*; Chapter 4. Lethal Effects of High and Low Temperatures on Unicellular Organisms; I. INTRODUCTION; II . HEAT INACTIVATION; III. COLD INACTIVATION; IV. CONCLUSIONS AND DESIRABLE EXTENSIONS OF EXISTING WORK; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Infrared Spectrometry ; I. INTRODUCTION; II. INTERPRETATION OF INFRARED SPECTRA; III. INSTRUMENTATION; IV. INFRARED MICROSPECTROMETRY; V. EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; VI. APPLICATIONS I N BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY; VII. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 6. Kinetics of Iron Metabolism ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. The Gross Composition of the Body1 ; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BODY WATER; III. MEASUREMENT OF TOTAL BODY WATER; IV. MEASUREMENT OF EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; V. FAT; VI. MEASUREMENT OF FAT; VII. PROTEIN AND MINERAL; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. A Special Consideration of the Aging Process, Disease, and Life Expectancy1 ; I. LIFE SPAN AND AGE-SPECIFIC DEATH RATE; II. INTERNAL HOMOGENEITY OF POPULATIONS WITH REGARD TO SUBPOPULATIONS, PHYSIOLOGIC AGE, AND TENDENCY TOWARD DISEASE; III. MAJOR DISEASE GROUPS.
  • IV. THE ONSET OF DISEASE AND LIFE EXPECTANCYV. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; DEMOGRAPHIC SOURCES:; Author Index; Subject Index.

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