As a result of the study undertaken, besides predicting the relative stabilities of polynucleotide duplexes containing A–T base pairs, the following conclusions can be drawn (Rajagopalan et al., 1984): a) Base–base ...

Proteins and polypeptides play multi?faceted functional roles in the living organism. Numerous biological processes are controlled by these biomolecules. Hence, there is widespread interest in understanding the structure, ...

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Despite the discovery of the first agglutinin in 1888, lectins remained in obscurity until the late 1940s, when it was shown that certain lectins were specific for human blood group antigens. The fact that sugars determine ...

Discovered as early as 1888, lectins did not receive much attention until the late 1940s, when it was shown that certain lectins were specific for human blood group antigens. Sugars were demonstrated as the determinants ...

Design of complex protein folds requires complete understanding of the stereochemical principles that govern polypeptide chain folding. Extensive studies on design and synthesis of specific secondary structures like ...

Enzymatic characterization of the sperm plasma membrane fraction by estimating the activity of a number of standard cell surface marker enzymes clearly shows that the sperm plasma membrane fraction is enriched in ...

Transcription is a major step in expression of genes of a given organism. Due to environmental constrains this step must be regulated in the favour of the sustenance and growth of the organism. Here comes the relevance of ...

Ion channels are fundamental molecules in the nervous system that catalyze the flux of ions across the cell membrane. There are mounting evidences suggesting that the kinetic properties of ion channels undergo activity-dependent ...