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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Advances in Biochirality [Texte électronique] / edited by G. Pályi, C. Zucchi, L. Caglioti
Publication : Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1999
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Chirality is a fundamental, persistent, but often overlooked feature of all living
organisms on the molecular level as well as on the macroscopic scale. The high degree
of preference for only one of two possible mirror image forms in Nature, often called
biological homochirality is a puzzling, and not yet fully understood, phenomenon.
This book covers biological homochirality from an interdisciplinary approach - contributions
range from synthetic chemists, theoretical topologists and physicists, from palaeontologists
and biologists to space scientists and representatives of the pharmaceutical and materials
industries. Topics covered include - theory of biochirality, origins of biochirality,
autocatalysis with amplification of chirality, macroscopic (present) biochirality,
fossil records of chiral organisms - paleochirality, extraterrestrial origin of chirality,
exceptions to the rule of biological homochirality, D-amino acids, chemical transfer
of chirality, PV effects, and polarised radiation chemistry
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Zucchi, Claudia (1964-....)
Pályi, Gyula (1936-....). Fonction indéterminée
Caglioti, Luciano (1933-2021). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Chiralité
Biomolécules
Indice(s) Dewey :
572.8 (23e éd.) = Génétique biochimique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780080434049
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44627633s
Notice n° :
FRBNF44627633
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Dimensions of biological homochirality / G. Pályi ; Chirality algebra and the right-left
classification problem / R.B. King ; Theory of biological homochirality: chirality,
symmetry deficiency, and electron-cloud holography in the shape analysis of biomolecules
/ P.G. Mezey ; On the biological advantage of chirality / G. Gilat ; Origin of biological
homochirality: directed selection of random motion? / V.A. Avetisov ; Possible mechanisms
for spontaneous production of enantiomeric excess / D.Z. Lippmann ; Search for the
origin of homochirality of biomolecules / L. Keszthelyi ; The role of homochirality
in evolution / Z. Nansheng ; A new method for testing models of prebiotic peptide
assembly / M. Bengtson ; Asymmetric autocatalysis and biomolecular chirality / K.
Soai ; Left-right asymmetry in animal embryogenesis / M. Levin ; Evolutionary origin
of asymmetry in early metazoans / J. Dzik ; Chirality in charophytes: stability and
evolution from 400 million years to present
