Molecules : nucleation, aggregation and crystallization : beyond medical and other implications / / edited by Jan Sedzik, Paolo Riccio.

• Author: Karolinska institutet.
• TeilnehmendeR: Sedzik, Jan, 1946-; Riccio, Paolo, 1942-; Karolinska institutet.; MARIE Network.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xi, 352 p. :; ill. (some col.).

Table of Contents

From kuru to nucleation, aggregation, polymerization and crystallization in biology and medicine / D. Carleton Gajdusek -- Gels mimicking antibodies in their selective recognition of proteins and its potential use for protein crystallization / Jan Sedzik ... [et al.] -- Bioinformatics of myelin membrane proteins / Gunnar von Heijne and Jan Sedzik -- Biomolecular mass spectrometry : applications to proteins and peptides / Leopold L. Ilag and Gianluca Maddalo -- Myelin : a one-dimensional biological "crystal" for X-ray and neutron scattering / Hideyo Inouye and Daniel A. Kirschner -- Two-dimensional crystallization of biological macromolecules / Hans Hebert -- Crystallization of proteins : principles and methods / Lata Govada -- The role of oil in protein crystallization / Naomi E. Chayen -- Introduction to crystallization of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals / Ake C. Rasmuson -- Myelin basic protein, a saucy molecule with high responsiveness to the environment or just an unusual membrane protein? / Paolo Riccio -- The use of a magnetic field and magnetic force as a means to improve the quality of protein crystals / Mitsuo Ataka -- Interactive crystallomic / Jan Sedzik -- Virtual molecule : P0 myelin glycoprotein. I. homology modeling and prediction of the secondary and tertiary structure / Jan Pawel Jastrzebski and Jan Sedzik -- In meso approaches to membrane protein crystallization / Valentin I. Gordeliy and Ekaterina S. Moiseeva -- Amyloid, the amyloid [beta]-peptide, and Alzheimer's disease : structural considerations / Lars O. Tjernberg -- Recent advances in structural basis for molecular mimicry in inflammatory autoimmune demyelinating polyneuropathy / Xin Yang -- Fresh water pearls of wisdom on protein crystallization / Jan Sedzik.