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Molecular machines in biology : workshop of the cell / edited by Joachim Frank. — ambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. – (58.6/M718) |
Contents
CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ix
PREFACE xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
Chap. 1 SINGLE-MOLECULE FRET: TECHNIQUE AND APPLICATIONS TO THE STUDIES OF MOLECULAR MACHINES 4
Chap. 2 VISUALIZATION OF MOLECULAR MACHINES BY CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 20
Chap. 3 STATISTICAL MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF MOLECULAR MACHINES 38
Chap. 4 EXPLORING THE FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPE OF BIOMOLECULAR MACHINES VIA ELASTIC NETWORK NORMAL MODE ANALYSIS 59
Chap. 5 STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND EVOLUTION OF ARCHAEO-EUKARYOTIC RNA POLYMERASES - GATEKEEPERS OF THE GENOME 78
Chap. 6 SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER INVESTIGATIONS OF RIBOSOME-CATALYZED PROTEIN SYNTHESIS 93
Chap. 7 STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE RIBOSOME AS REVEALED BY CRYO-ELECTRONMICROSCOPY 117
Chap. 8 VIEWING THE MECHANISMS OF TRANSLATION THROUGH THE COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPE 142
Chap. 9 THE RIBOSOME AS A BROWNIAN RATCHET MACHINE 158
Chap. 10 THE GROEL/GROES CHAPERONIN MACHINE 191
Chap. 11 ATP SYNTHASE - A PARADIGMATIC MOLECULAR MACHINE 208
Chap. 12 ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASES: THE CELL'S DEGRADATION MACHINES 239
INDEX 261