Structure and Dynamics of Nucleic Acids, Proteins, and Membranes

This volume collects a number of the invited lectures and a few selected contrib­ utions presented at the International Symposium on Structure and Dynamics of Nucleic Acids, Proteins and Membranes held August 31st through September 5th, 1986, in Riva del Garda, Italy. The title of the conference as...

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Main Authors: Clementi, E., Chin, S. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1986, 1986
Edition:1st ed. 1986
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Recognition Automata Based on Selective Neural Networks
  • A Neural Theory of Preattentive Visual Information Processing: Emergent Segmentation, Cooperative-Competitive Computation, and Parallel Memory Storage
  • Large-Scale Computations on a Scalar, Vector and Parallel “Supercomputer”
  • Protein Fluctuations and Hemeprotein Affinity for Ligand
  • Cytochrome Oxidase in Energy Transduction
  • Proteins and Glasses
  • III. Solvation of Macromolecules
  • Global Ab Initio Simulations: Study of a Liquid as an Example
  • Proton Conductivity of Hydrated Lysozyme Powders, Considered Within the Framework of Percolation Theory
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Biomolecules in Water
  • Low Frequency Coherent Vibrations of DNA: The Role of the Hydration Shell and Phosphate-Phosphate Interactions
  • IV. Components of Larger Systems
  • Elasticity, Structure and Dynamics of Cell Plasma Membrane and Biological Functions
  • Neuronal Signaling. A Simple Thermodynamic Process Involving Complex Membrane Proteins
  • Panel Discussions: Session 1. Understanding Brain Mechanisms and the Challenge of Artificial Intelligence Machines: An Interdisciplinary Approach;Session 2. Sixth Generation Computers: A Sketch
  • Physicists Explore Human and Artificial Intelligence
  • I. Structure of Macromolecules
  • Conformational Analysis of Polypeptides and Proteins for the Study of Protein Folding, Molecular Recognition, and Molecular Design
  • Conformation of Non-Crystalline Proteins Viewed by NMR
  • Structures and Superstructures in Periodical Polynucleotides
  • Conformational Peculiarities and Biological Role of Some Nucleotide Sequences
  • Multifrequency ESR of an Isotopically Enriched Copper System in the Immobilized Phase: A Monte Carlo Approach
  • Neutron Scattering from Agarose Gels
  • Non-Empirical Pair Potentials for the Interaction Between Amino Acids
  • II. Dynamics of Macromolecules
  • Molecular Dynamics of Proteins
  • Proton NMR Studies of Protein Dynamics and Folding: Applications of Magnetization Transfer NMR
  • Distributions and Fluctuations of Protein Structures Investigated by X-Ray Analysis and Mössbauer Spectroscopy
  • Rotational Motions of Tryptophan and Tyrosine Residues in Proteins