Water and Biological Macromolecules

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Westhof
CRC-Press, Aug 16, 1993 - Medical - 466 pages
Water and Biological Macromolecules presents an excellent description of the structural aspects of water molecules around biological macromolecules. Topics discussed include the properties of water in solid and liquid states; proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and lipids; and theoretical approaches for understanding the macroscopic observations and integrating microscopic descriptions. The nature and roles of hydration forces in macromolecular complexation and cell-cell interactions are explained, in addition to phenomena such as entropy-enthalpy compensation and the thermodynamic treatment of water bridging.

Water and Biological Macromolecules will be a valuable reference for biophysicists, biochemists, and macromolecular biologists.

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Water structure
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Thermodynamic and dynamic properties of water
45
Aqueous solutions of simple hydrophobic solutes
55
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