Progress in biological chirality. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gyula Pályi, Claudia Zucchi, Luciano Caglioti.
• Other Names: Pályi, G (Gyula), 1936-; Zucchi, C (Claudia), 1964-; Caglioti, Luciano; Interdisciplinary Symposium on Biological Chirality, 3rd
• Contents: Origin of biomacromolecular homochirality : in search of evolutional dynamics / Vladik Avetisov -- Carbon monoxide clusters in the formation of D-sugars, L-amino acids, ribonucleotides and deoxyribonucleic acids in prebiotic molecular evolution on earth / Nigel Aylward and Neville Bofinger -- Molecular clockworks as potential models for biological chirality / Lajos Bencze, Claudia Zucchi, Luciano Caglioti and Gyula Pályi -- Diasteromers do, what they should not do / Henri Brunner -- Molecular origins of life : homochirality as a consequence of the dynamic co-emergence and co-evolution of peptides and chemical energietics / Auguste Commeyras, Jacques Taillades, Hélène Collet, Laurent Boiteau, Odile Vandenabeele-Trambouze, Robert Pascal, Hervé Cottet, Raphaël Plasson, Jean-Philippe Biron, Eddy Souaid, Laurence Garrel, Olivier Lagrille, Grégoire Danger, Jean-Christophe Rossi, Franck Selsis, Michel Dobrijévic and Hervé Martin -- Use of amino acids and amino acid racemization for age determination in archaeometry / J. Csapó, M. Collins, Z. Csapó-Kiss, É. Varga-Visi, G. Pohn and J. Csapó, Jr. -- Enantiomeric enrichment in nonracemic conglomerates. a possible component of the solution to the problem of the origin of biochirality / Stanley I. Goldberg -- Genetic code : a self-referential and functional model / Romeu Cardoso Guimarães and Carlos Henrique Costa Moreira -- Specific symmetry of living systems / Victor A. Gusev -- Origin of biomolecules : origin of homochirality / C. Hajdu and L. Keszthelyi -- Chiral crystal faces of common rock-forming minerals / Robert M. Hazen -- Implication of Polya's urn experiment in biochirality and cerebral lateralization / Noboru Hokkyo -- Theory of hierarchical homochirality / Dilip K. Kondepudi -- Possible mechanisms for production of large enantiomeric excess / David Z. Lippmann and Julio Dix -- Sugar C-sulfonic acids / András Lipták -- Racemization of amino acids in hydrothermal environments : a contribution of temperature gradient / Koichiro Matsuno and Atsushi Nemoto -- The theory of chirality induction and chirality reduction in biomolecules / Paul G. Mezey -- Transfer of the chiral information of natural amino acids in biomimetic organic syntheses / Károly Micskei, Csongor Hajdu, Tamás Patonay, Claudia Zucchi, Luciano Caglioti and Gyula Pályi -- CD and visual science / Koji Nakanishi, Nathan Fishkin and Nina Berova -- Volatile compounds in food aroma : biosynthesis and biotransformations / Franco Bellesia, Adriano Pinetti, Ugo M. Pagnoni, Riccardo Rinaldi, Claudia Zucchi, Luciano Caglioti and Gyula Pályi -- Origin of the biological chirality / N.M. Chernavskaya, D.S. Chernavsky and R.F. Polishchuk -- Chiral spaces in encapsulation complexes / Alessandro Scarso, Alexander Shivanyuk, Osamu Hayashida and Julius Rebek -- Serum albumin and natural products / Lorenzo Di Bari, Silvia Ripoli and Piero Salvadori -- Selection in the abiotic synthesis of RNA using metal ion catalyst and template / Hiroaki Sawai -- Different internal gradients for L and D homochiral solutions in inhomogenous magnetic fields / Romulus Scorei and Vily Marius Cimpoiaşu -- Tryptophanase activity on D-tryptophan / Akihiko Shimada, Noriko Fujii and Takeshi Saito -- Deviation from physical identity between D- and L-tyrosine / Meir Shinitzky, Avshalom C. Elitzur and David W. Deamer -- Occurrence of D-amino acids in food / Livia Simon Sarkadi -- Asymmetric autocatalysis, absolute asymmetric synthesis and origin of homochirality of biomolecules / Kenso Soai -- Charophyte gyrogonites, the result of enantioselective influence 250 million years ago / Ingeborg Soulié-Märsche -- Chirality transfer in the formation of the indole alkaloids derived from secologanin / Gyula Beke, László Károlyházy, Ágnes Patthy-Lukáts, Benjamin Podányi and László F. Szabó -- Origin of biological chirality / Tetsuyuki Yukawa.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 429 pages), (illustrations)
• Subjects: 572.8; Chirality -- Congresses; Biomolecules -- Congresses; Stereoisomerism; Molecular Conformation; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Molecular Biology; Biomolecules; Chirality; Congresses; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0080474039; 9780080474038; 9780080443966; 0080443966
• Related ISBNs: 0080443966
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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