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"Proteins are amazingly versatile molecules. They make the chemical reactions happen that form the basis for life, they transmit signals in the body, they identify and kill foreign invaders, they form the engines that make us move, they record visual images. All of this is now common knowledge, but it was not so a hundred years ago. ""Nature's Robots"" is an authoritative history of protein science, from the origins of protein research in the 19th century, when the chemical constitution of ""protein"" was first studied and heatedly debated and when there was as yet no glimmer of the functional potential of substances in the ""protein"" category, to the determination of the first structures of individual proteins at atomic resolution - when positions of individual atoms were first specified exactly and bonding between neighbouring atoms precisely defined."

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Author:   Charles Tanford ,  Jacqueline A. Reynolds
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.735kg
ISBN:  

9780198504665

ISBN 10:   0198504667
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 November 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chemistry1: The naming. 2: Crystallinity, haemaglobin. 3: The peptide bond. 4: Proteins are true macromolecules. 5: Bristling with charges. 6: Fibrous proteins. 7: Analytical imperative. 8: Amino acid sequence. 9: Subunits and domains. Detailed Structure10: Early approaches to protein folding. 11: Hydrogen bonds and the alpha-helix. 12: Irving Langmuir and the hydrophobic factor. 13: Three-dimensional structure. Physiological Function14: An ancient and many-sided science. 15: Are enzymes proteins?. 16: Antibodies. 17: Colour vision. 18: Muscle contraction. 19: Cell membranes. How are proteins made?20: The link to genetics. 21: After the double helix: the triplet code. 22: The new alchemy. Notes and References. Indexes

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Charles Tanford and Jacqueline Reynolds are both emeritus professors at Duke University. Tanford is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. They live in Easingwold, UK.

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