Biophysics
Published on 16. November 1982
567 pages
978-0-08-086005-3 (ISBN)
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Biophysics
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- Front Cover
- Biophysics
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Publisher's Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Volumes in Treatise
- Chapter 1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Phenomenon of Magnetic Resonance
- 1.3. Spin Relaxation
- 1.4. Experimental Methods
- 1.5. Selected Studies on Biological Systems
- Chapter 2. Nitroxide Spin Labels
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Spin-Lable Theory: A Descriptive Treatment
- 2.3. Spin-Label Theory: A Mathematical Treatment
- 2.4. Use of Spin Labels as Antigenic Determinants Capable of Reporting Their Physical State.
- Chapter 3. Raman Spectroscopy
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Origin of the Raman Spectrum
- 3.3. Analysis of the Raman Spectrum
- 3.4. Resonance Raman Scattering
- 3.5. Instrumentation
- 3.6. Strategy of Raman Spectroscopic Applications in Biology
- 3.7. Conformational Studies
- 3.8. Kinetic Studies
- 3.9. Nonlinear Phenomena
- 3.10. The Raman Microscope
- 3.11. Conclusions and Prognostications
- Chapter 4. Picosecond Laser Spectroscopy
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Nanosecond and Picosecond Spectroscopy
- 4.3. Applications to Photosynthesis and Vision
- Appendix . Nonlinear Optical Phenomena, Optical Elements, and Detectors Related to Techniques of Picosecond Spectroscopy
- Chapter 5. Fluorescence Methods for Studying Membrane Dynamics
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Molecular Rotation in Membranes
- 5.3. Macroscopic Membrane Motions
- 5.4. Applications
- 5.5. Recent Developments
- Chapter 6. Structure Determination of Biological Macromolecules Using X-Ray Diffraction Analysis
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Diffraction by a General Object
- 6.3. Crystallography
- 6.4. Protein Crystallography
- 6.5. Fibers
- Chapter 7. Laser Light Scattering
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Theory
- 7.3. Instrumentation and General Techniques
- 7.4. Diffusion Coefficients
- 7.5. Large Particles
- 7.6. Determination of Electrophoretic Mobilities
- 7.7. Motility Measurements
- 7.8. Applications in Cell Biology
- 7.9. Blood Flow
- 7.10. Gels and Solutions of Fibrillous Proteins
- Chapter 8. Small-Angle Scattering Techniques for the Study of Biological Macromolecules and Macromolecular Aggregates
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. The Experimental Problem
- 8.3. Data Analysis
- 8.4. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 9. Electron Microscopy
- 9.1. Electron Microscopy as a Tool for Structure Determination
- 9.2. Image Formation in the Electron Microscope
- 9.3. Contrast Transfer Function Theory
- 9.4. Three-Dimensional Reconstruction
- 9.5. Radiation Damage
- 9.6. Specimen Hydration within the Vacuum of the Instrument
- 9.7. Recent Innovations in Experimental Methods
- Chapter 10. Voltage Clamping of Excitable Membranes
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. General Principles of Voltage Clamp
- 10.3. Axial-Wire Voltage Clamp
- 10.4. Voltage Clamp with Microelectrodes
- 10.5. Voltage Clamp of an Isolated Patch Using External Pipettes
- 10.6. Voltage Clamp with Gap Isolation Techniques
- 10.7. Concluding Remarks
- 10.A. Appendix
- Chapter 11. Lipid Model Membranes
- 11.1. Biological Membranes
- 11.2. Lipid Monolayers
- 11.3. Spherical Lipid Bilayers
- 11.4. Planar Lipid Bilayers
- 11.5. Ion Transport Mechanisms
- 11.6. Techniques for the Measurement of Ion Transport
- 11.7. Direct Transport of Hydrophobic Ions
- 11.8. Carrier-Mediated Ion Transport
- 11.9. Molecular Channels
- 11.10. Relationship between Channel Structure and Function
- Author Index
- Subject Index
