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CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Basics of Protein Structure 11 Chapter 3: Basics of Nucleic Acids 59 Chapter 4: The Basics of Lipids and Membrane Structure 123 Chapter 5: Enzymes 159 Chapter 6: Metabolism of DNA: Replication and Recombination 199 Chapter 7: Transcription 221 Chapter 8: Protein Synthesis ¿ Translation 261 Chapter 9: Protein Folding and Degradation 295 Chapter 10: Membrane Proteins 335 Chapter 11: Signal Transduction 353 Chapter 12: Cell Motility and Transport 383 Chapter 13: Structural Aspects of Cell¿Cell Interactions 409 Chapter 14: The Immune System 423 Chapter 15: Virus Structure and Function 435 Chapter 16: Structural Biology and the Evolution 451 of Biomacromolecules Appendix A: Bonds and Energetics of Macromolecules 471 Appendix B: Methods for Fold Comparison 481 Appendix C: Prediction of Protein Conformation 495 Appendix D: Assignment of Function to Proteins 513 Appendix E: Protein Modification 521 Appendix F: Nobel Laureates 535 Index 547
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Proteins -- Structure.
Ultrastructure (Biology).
Protein folding.
Biomolecules -- Structure.
Proteins.
Cell Communication.
Cells -- cytology.
Protein Folding.