MOLECULES: NUCLEATION, AGGREGATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION<br> Beyond Medical and Other Implications

MOLECULES: NUCLEATION, AGGREGATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION
Beyond Medical and Other Implications

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
From Kuru to Nucleation, Aggregation, Polymerization and Crystallization in Biology and Medicine D. Carleton Gajdusek	1
Gels Mimicking Antibodies in Their Selective Recognition of Proteins and Its Potential Use for Protein Crystallization Jan Sedzik, Nasim Ghasemzadeh, Fred Nyberg and Stellan Hjertén	11
Bioinformatics of Myelin Membrane Proteins Gunnar von Heijne and Jan Sedzik	35
Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry: Applications to Proteins and Peptides Leopold L. Ilag and Gianluca Maddalo	55
Myelin: A One-Dimensional Biological “Crystal” for X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Hideyo Inouye and Daniel A. Kirschner	75
Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules Hans Hebert	95
Crystallization of Proteins: Principles and Methods Lata Govada	113
The Role of Oil in Protein Crystallization Naomi E. Chayen	129
Introduction to Crystallization of Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Åke C. Rasmuson	145
Myelin Basic Protein, A Saucy Molecule With High Responsiveness to the Environment or Just an Unusual Membrane Protein? Paolo Riccio	173
The Use of a Magnetic Field and Magnetic Force as a Means to Improve the Quality of Protein Crystals Mitsuo Ataka	195
Interactive Crystallomic Jan Sedzik	225
Virtual Molecule: P0 Myelin Glycoprotein. I. Homology Modeling and Prediction of the Secondary and Tertiary Structure Jan Pawel Jastrzebski and Jan Sedzik	237
In meso Approaches to Membrane Protein Crystallization Valentin I. Gordeliy and Ekaterina S. Moiseeva	259
Amyloid, The Amyloid β-Peptide and Alzheimer's Disease: Structural Considerations Lars O. Tjernberg	283
Recent Advances in Structural Basis for Molecular Mimicry in Inflammatory Autoimmune Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Xin Yang	305
Fresh Water Pearls of Wisdom on Protein Crystallization Jan Sedzik	331
BACK MATTER	345
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