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Nucleic Acids (Paperback, Edition.)
E.W. Abel; Contributions by Martyn Berry, Colin Drayton; Series edited by David Phillips, J. Derek Woollins, …
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R688
Discovery Miles 6 880
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Nucleic Acids describes the way in which the fundamentally
important biological activities of these molecules can be
understood in terms of their chemical structures. The book focuses
on the chemistry of the deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) and
ribonucleic acids (RNA). However, because nucleic acid chemistry
cannot be fully understood without some knowledge of the underlying
biology, a substantial amount of the background biology is also
included. Beginning with a concise review of the biological roles
of nucleic acids, the text then discusses the components from which
they are made, and works up through nucleosides and nucleotides to
the covalent structures of the nucleic acids themselves. The double
helical structure of DNA and its implications for replication are
then described. This is followed by a detailed treatment of the
chemistry of the processes by which the information encoded in DNA
is expressed in terms of the amino acid sequences of proteins. The
final chapter describes modern tools of DNA analysis and how they
have been used in a range of recent applications such as gene
cloning, genome sequence analysis, and DNA fingerprinting. Although
targeted specifically at undergraduate chemistry students, Nucleic
Acids will also be of interest to undergraduates studying
biochemistry. Ideal for the needs of undergraduate chemistry
students, Tutorial Chemistry Texts is a major series consisting of
short, single topic or modular texts concentrating on the
fundamental areas of chemistry taught in undergraduate science
courses. Each book provides a concise account of the basic
principles underlying a given subject, embodying an
independent-learning philosophy and including worked examples.
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Peptides and Proteins (Paperback)
E.W. Abel; Contributions by Martyn Berry, Colin Drayton; Series edited by David Phillips, J. Derek Woollins, …
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R717
Discovery Miles 7 170
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Encompassing all aspects of the structures of peptides and
proteins, this book adopts a uniquely problem-oriented approach to
the topic. Starting with a look at the structures and properties of
the twenty amino acids that occur in proteins, and moving on to the
synthesis of polypeptides and the isolation of proteins, Peptides
and Proteins then addresses the methods of analysis of protein
characteristics, including the modern methods of sequence analysis
by mass spectrometry. Further chapters examine the
three-dimensional nature of protein structure, and introduce the
student to the use of computer applications (molecular graphics,
databases, bioinformatics) in protein chemistry. Original research
data is used in many of the problems, and throughout sufficient
background biology is included, thus putting the subject into
context for chemists. Aimed at first and second-year chemistry
students, this title will also be of interest to students of
biochemistry. Ideal for the needs of undergraduate chemistry
students, Tutorial Chemistry Texts is a major new series consisting
of short, single topic or modular texts concentrating on the
fundamental areas of chemistry taught in undergraduate science
courses. Each book provides a concise account of the basic
principles underlying a given subject, embodying an
independent-learning philosophy and including worked examples.
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