Protein Design and the Development of New Therapeutics and Vaccines

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hook, Jerry B. (Editor), Poste, George (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
Series:New Horizons in Therapeutics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Advances in the Structural Analysis of Proteins
  • 1 Dynamic Processes in Proteins by X-Ray Diffraction
  • 2 Mass Spectrometric Methods for Determination of the Structure of Peptides and Proteins
  • II. Protein Folding and Stability
  • 3 Protein Folding and Stability
  • 4 Genetic Analysis of Polypeptide Chain Folding and Misfolding in Vivo
  • 5 Unfolding and Inactivation: Genetic and Chemical Approaches to the Stabilization of T4 Lysozyme and Human Interferon Gamma against Irreversible Thermal Denaturation
  • III. Principles of Receptor Design and Regulation
  • 6 Protein—Tyrosine Kinases and Their Substrates: Old Friends and New Faces
  • IV. The Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein Family
  • 7 G Proteins: A Family of Signal-Transducing Molecules
  • 8 Model of Signal Transduction by G Proteins: Roles of a Subunits and ?? Dimers in Regulation of Ionic Channels and Adenylyl Cyclase
  • 9 Structural Homologies in G-Binding Proteins
  • V. Modeling and Structure Prediction in Macromolecules
  • 10 Knowledge-Based Protein Modeling and the Design of Novel Molecules
  • 11 Computer Simulation Methods as Applied to Site-Specific Mutations
  • 12 Dihydrofolate Reductase: A Paradigm for Drug Design
  • VI. Protein Engineering and Enzyme Design
  • 13 Chemical Approaches to Protein Engineering
  • 14 New Engineered Proteins for Use in Therapy and Vaccine Design
  • 15 Receptor-Based Design of Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitors
  • VII. Macromolecules and Targeted Drug Delivery
  • 16 Control of the Biological Dispersion of Therapeutic Proteins
  • 17 Antibody-Mediated Drug Delivery
  • 18 Semisynthetic Catalytic Antibodies
  • VIII. Strategies for Directed Mutagenesis of Proteins
  • 19 Engineering Novel, Prolonged-Acting Insulins
  • IX. Design of Novel Antiviral Agents and Vaccines
  • 20 Studies on the Structure andFunction of Ubiquitin
  • 21 Recognition at Membrane Surfaces: Influenza HA and Human HLA.