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Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
Volume 4
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1956
- Editors: John H. Lawrence, Cornelius A. Tobias
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 5 4 3 5 - 7
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 3 1 1 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 1 7 7 - 3
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… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances 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 on the relationship between the chemical information which can be stored in the nucleic acid molecule and the sequence of amino acids found in polypeptides and proteins; materials for the biophysical and biochemical study of cell division; and the action of high and low temperatures in the destruction of unicellular organisms. Subsequent chapters deal with infrared spectrometry; the kinetics of iron metabolism; the gross composition of the body; and an argument for a theory of aging, which states that the tendency toward further disease experience is at a metabolic rate determined by accumulated disease experience of the past.
Contributors to Volume IV
Foreword
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
XIII. Theories of Protein Structure
References
The Problem of Information Transfer from the Nucleic Acids to Proteins
I. 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
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 Body
VII. The Interpretation of Experiments with Antimitotic Agents
References
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
Infrared Spectrometry
I. Introduction
II. Interpretation of Infrared Spectra
III. Instrumentation
IV. Infrared Microspectrometry
V. Experimental Techniques
VI. Applications in Biological Chemistry
VII. Conclusion
References
Kinetics of Iron Metabolism
The Gross Composition of the Body
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
A Special Consideration of the Aging Process, Disease, and Life Expectancy
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 Expectancy
V. Summary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
- No. of pages: 366
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1956
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483254357
- Hardback ISBN: 9781483231105
- eBook ISBN: 9781483281773
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