Water and Biological Macromolecules

WATER. Water Structure (H.F.J. Savage). Thermodynamic and Dynamic Properties of Water (H.D. Ludemann). PROTEINS. Hydration of Amino Acids in Protein Crystals (J.M. Goodfellow, N. Thanki, and J.M. Thornton). Water Structure of Crystallized Proteins: High Resolution Studies (M. Frey). Hydration of Protein Secondary Structures: The Role in Protein Folding (C.Y. Sekkarudu and M. Sundaralingam). NUCLEIC ACIDS. Molecular Dynamics Studies (D.L. Beveridge). Structural Water Bridges in Nucleic Acids (E. Westhof). Hydration Sites and Hydration Bridges around DNA Helices (F. Vovelle and J.M. Goodfellow). Light Scattering Spectroscopic Studies of the Water Molecules in DNA (N.J. Tao). POLYSACCHARIDES AND LIPIDS. Polysaccharide Interactions with Water (S. Perez). The Role of Structural Water Molecules in Protein-Saccharide Complexes (Y. Bourne and C. Cambillau). Lipid Hydration (G. Cevc). THERMODYNAMICS. Hydration Forces (C.J. Van Oos). Solvation Thermodynamics of Biopolymers (A. Ben-Naim). Due June 1993, 432 pp., ISBN: 0-8493-7570-3.