Biocalorimetry 2: Applications of Calorimetry in the Biological Sciences

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INTRODUCTION TO ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY. Thermodynamic Background to Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (M. Blandamer). Isothermal Titration Calorimetry of Biomolecules (J. Tame, et al.). DNA-DRUG INTERACTIONS. Isothermal Titration Calorimetry in the Study of DNA-Drug Interactions (I. Haq). The Thermodynamics of the Association of Amsacrine Derivatives and Netropsin-Amsacrine Combilexin to DNA Duplexes and to Chromatin (A. Taquet & C. Houssier). PHOSPHOLIPID-LIGAND INTERACTIONS. Phospholipid-Ligand Interactions (A. Blume). Thermodynamics of Hydrophobic and Steric Lipid/Additive Interactions (H. Heerklotz). PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS. Microcalorimetry of Protein-Protein Interactions (A. Cooper). Folding Energetics of a Heterodimetric Leucine Zipper (I. Jelesarov & H. Bosshard). Interaction of Ribonuclease S with Ligands from Random Peptide Libraries (D. Schultz, et al.). PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS. Calorimetric Studies of Dehydration and Salt Effects in Protein-DNA Interactions (T. Lundb?ck & T. H?rd). Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of RecA-DNA Interactions for Understanding the Recognition of Homologous DNA (F. Maraboeuf, et al.). INTRODUCTION TO DEFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY. Thermodynamic Background to Differential Scanning Calorimetry (S. Leharne & B. Chowdhry). Quantitative Analysis of Differential Scanning Colorimetric Data (D. Haynie). INSTRUMENTATION. An Ultrasensitive Scanning Calorimeter (V. Plotnikov, et al.). Design of a High-Throughput Microphysiometer (K. Verhaegen, et al.). PROTEIN DENATURATION STUDIES. Denaturation Studies of haFGF (D. Adamek, et al.). Relaxation Constants as a Preditor of Protein Stabilization (J. Anekwe, et al.). Domain Dynamics of the Bacillus subtilis Peripheral Preprotein translocase Subunit SecA (T. den Blaauwen & A. Driessen). Cooperative Structures within Glycosylated and Aglycosylated Mouse IgG2b (V. Tishchenko, et al.). Contributions of Free Cysteine Residues to the Stability of the Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor (A. Popovic, et al.). Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Phosphoglycerate Kinase from the Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Thermotoga maritima (K. Zaiss, et al.). PROTEIN-LIGAND INTERACTIONS. The Effect of Cyclodextrins on Monomeric Protein Unfolding (S. Branchu, et al.). Interdomain Interactions in the Mannitol Permease of E. coli (W. Meijberg, et al.). The Sorption of Water on to Peptides (T. Sokoloski, et al.). DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY OF SYNTHETIC POLYMERS. Studies of Polymers and Surfactants (S. Leharne). Appendix. Index.