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Water and Biological Macromolecules

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Eric Westhof

    1. Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France

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Part of the book series: Topics in Molecular and Structural Biology (TMSB)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Water

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Water Structure

      • H. F. J. Savage
      Pages 3-44

    3. Thermodynamic and Dynamic Properties of Water

      • H. D. Lüdemann
      Pages 45-59

  3. Proteins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Hydration of Amino Acids in Protein Crystals

      • Julia M. Goodfellow, Narmada Thanki, Janet M. Thornton
      Pages 63-97

    3. Water Structure of Crystallized Proteins: High-Resolution Studies

      • Michel Frey
      Pages 98-147

    4. Hydration of Protein Secondary Structures—The Role in Protein Folding

      • C. Y. Sekharudu, M. Sundaralingam
      Pages 148-162

  4. Nucleic Acids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Molecular Dynamics Simulations on the Hydration, Structure and Motions of DNA Oligomers

      • D. L. Beveridge, S. Swaminathan, G. Ravishanker, J. M. Withka, J. Srinivasan, C. Prevost et al.
      Pages 165-225

    3. Structural Water Bridges in Nucleic Acids

      • E. Westhof
      Pages 226-243

    4. Hydration Sites and Hydration Bridges around DNA Helices

      • F. Vovelle, J. M. Goodfellow
      Pages 244-265

    5. Light Scattering Spectroscopy Studies of the Water Molecules in DNA

      • N. J. Tao
      Pages 266-292

  5. Polysaccharides and Lipids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
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    2. Polysaccharide Interactions with Water

      • Serge Pérez
      Pages 295-320

    3. The Role of Structural Water Molecules in Protein—Saccharide Complexes

      • Yves Bourne, Christian Cambillau
      Pages 321-337

    4. Lipid Hydration

      • Gregor Cevc
      Pages 338-389

  6. Thermodynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 391-391
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    2. Hydration Forces

      • C. J. van Oss
      Pages 393-429

    3. Solvation Thermodynamics of Biopolymers

      • A. Ben-Naim
      Pages 430-459
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About this book

Water and Biological Macromolecules is a new volume in the series, Topics in Molecular and Structural Biology. Water is so ubiquitous that it has, to a greater degree, been overlooked in molecular biology. This book looks at the biochemical and thermodynamic properties in relation to polypeptides, nucleic acids, polysaccharides and lipids. Water is so pervasive that it would be an impossible task to cover all its features. With this in mind each contributor has taken special care to refer to other review articles or books to allow the reader to further expand their knowledge.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France

    Eric Westhof

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