Advances in BioChirality

Chapter headings: Preface. (C. Bartolacelli). Dimensions of Biological Homochirality (G. Pályi et al.). Chirality Algebra and the Right-left Classification Problem (R.B. King). 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). Origin of Biological Homochirality: Directed Selection or Random Motion? (V.A. Avetisov). 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). A New Method for Testing Molecules of Prebiotic Peptide Assembly (M. Bengtson, E. Edstrom). 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). Chirality in Charophytes: Stability and Evolution from 400 million Years to Present (I. Soulié-Märsche). 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). Aspartic Acid Racemization in the Dentine of Bears. Tooth Dentine Amino Acids versus Mollusca Amino Acids (T. de Torres et al.). The Abiotic Generation of Homochirality on Saturn's moon Titan (J.I. Lunine et al.). 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 et al.) 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 et al.) 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. Pérez-Mendez et al.). Transferring Chirality in Homogeneous Catalysis (P.S. Pregosin). Chiral Genetics of Drugs and Related Compounds (B. Nosál). Chiroptical Properties of (S)-(—) Methyl Glycolate-d1 (A. Forni et al.) Experimental Evidences for Parity Violating Energy Differences between Enantiomers (A. Szabó-Nagy, L. Keszthelyi). On the Stabilization of Natural L-&agr;-amino Acids and D-Sugars via Parity-violating Effects (R. Zanasi et al.). Radiodecomposition of D,L-aspartic Acid by Tritium-&bgr;-rays (M. Akaboshi et al.). Index.