BIOPHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1967. Second Printing . Maroon Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 3/16" Tall. Modern biophysical research," the authors write, " is largely directed toward clarifying the relation between structure and function, and it is the purpose of this book to bring together and underscore some of the physical, chemical, and physiochemical principles which underlie this approach." The chapter headings are Biophysics and the Living Cell; The Atom; Chemical Bonds and Intermolecular Interactions; Water; Amino Acids and Peptides; Protein Stucture: Primary; Protein Structure: Secondary and Tertiary; The Nucleic Acids; Mechanisms of Genetic Control; Viruses; Polysaccharides; Lipids and Artificial Membranes; Structure of Cells and Membranes; Elements of Thermodynamics; Equilibrium and the Energy Functions; Physical and Chemical Equilibria; Acid-Base Equilibria; Equilibria Across Membranes; Non-Equilibrium Processes - Diffusion; Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems I. Simple Transport, II. Transport by Chemical Association - Active Transport; Kinetics of Chemical Reactions I. Simple Reaction Mechanisms, II Enzymatic Reactions. 23 chapters in all, 390 pages with tables, half-tones, figures, Appendix and Index; plus Preface and Contents; References at the end of each chapter. Covers show scant wear at leading corners; stamp of prior owner on front EPs; text is strong and clean.