Circadian rhythms and molecular biology.
Published in Bio Systems
Sodium dodecyl sulfate in protein chemistry.
Published in Bio Systems
This review summarizes in a brief manner the main aspects of the application of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to protein chemistry. The principal problems of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis are described, as well as the anomalous behavior of protein-SDS complexes and the inactivation of enzymes due to variable binding of SDS to the polypeptid...
Peptides and amino acids in the primordial hydrosphere.
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Possible mechanism of E. coli messenger RNA degration: non-enzymatic degradation.
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The present paper points out lack of evidence to support the presently prevailing concept that E. coli mRNA turnover, in the gene expression process, cannot take place without mRNase(s). The present paper draws attention to possible physicochemical factors involved in the degradation, and advances a notion of non-enzymatic spontaneous degradation o...
Protein structure and the molecular evolution of biological energy conversion.
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The Concanavalin A agglutinating system of cell membranes.
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The hopes raised by the finding of differential Concanavalin A (Con A) agglutinability of normal and transformed cells in efforts to quantify differences between these cell lines seem not to have been justified. In this paper, the development of information on the mechanism of action of Con A on the cell surface, as well as the theories put forward...
Photochemical formation of organic compounds from mixtures of simple gases simulating the primitive atmosphere of the ea...
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Evolution of mammalian pancreatic ribonucleases.
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The search for remnants of early evolution in present-day metabolism.
Published in Bio Systems
Time hierarchy, equilibrium and non-equilibrium in metabolic systems.
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A metabolic system consists of cooperating biochemical reactions. The motion is described by differential equations in the metabolites. The right-hand sides of these equations are linear combinations of the velocities of the individual reactions. These velocities depend in a non-linear manner on the metabolite concentrations (according to the law o...
