Nucleic Acids: The Vectors of Life: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Jerusalem Symposium on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry Held in Jerusalem, Israel, 2–5 May 1983: Jerusalem Symposia, cartea 16

Base Sequence, Helix Structure and Intrinsic Information Readout in DNA.- New Wrinkles on DNA.- X-Ray Analysis of Oligonucleotides and the Changing Concept of DNA Structure.- Dynamic Structure of Z-DNA.- Relative Stability of B and Z Structures in Oligodeoxynucleotides with Different Alternating Base Sequence and Length.- Electrostatic Molecular Potential versus Field in Nucleic Acids and their Constituents.- Probin for and with Left-handed DNA: Poly [d(A-br5C).d(G-T)], A Member of a New Family of Z-Forming DNAs.- Structures of DNA: A Case Study of Right and Left Handed Duplex in the B-Form.- Two Dimensional NMR Investigation of the Structural Properties of DNAS.- Secondary Structure of DNA in Solution by NMR Methods.- Dependence of Oligonucleotide Conformational Properties on Sugar Ring and Base-sequence. 1H and 13C. N.M.R. Studies.- Conformational Flexibility of Nuclei Acids.- 31P NMR Studies on the Structure and Dynamics of DNA in Hydrated Fibers.- Nucleic Acid Junctions: The Tensors of Life?.- NMR Studies on Short Helices.- Theoretical Probes of Nucleic Acid Conformation.- A Novel Conformational Equivalence between the Heminucleotide Blocks of the Nucleotide Repeat. Its Implications in Conformation Analysis of Nucleic Acids.- Presence of Nonlinear Excitations in DNA Structure and Their Relationship to DNA Premelting and to Drug Intercalation.- Ribonuclease T1: Mechanism of Specific Guanine Recognition and RNA Hydrolysis.- DNA Bending and Protein-DNA Interactions.- Dynamics and Specificity of Protein-nucleic Acid Interactions in Model Systems.- The recA Gene Product from E. coli. Binding to Single-stranded and Double-stranded DNA.- Fluorescence Decay Studies of Peptide-nucleic Acid Complexes.- Alteration of the B Form of DNA by Basic Peptides.- The Interaction of Certain Nucleic Acids with Proteins and Metal Ions in Solution.- Chromatin Higher Order Structure and Gene Exoression.- Protein-nucleic Acid interaction: The Aminoacvlation of T-RNA and its Evolutionary Aspect.- Conformation of DNA, The Nucleosome and Chromatin. Hydration of DNA.- Nucleosomal DNA Structure.- Sequence and Secondary Structure Conservation in Ribosomal RNAs in the Course of Evolution.- The Versatile Transfer RNA Molecule: Crystallography of Yeast tRNAAsp.- Solution Conformation of tRNAs: Correlation with Crystal Structures.- NMR Studies of the Structure of Yeast tRNAPhe in Solution and of its Complex with the Elongation Factor Tu from B. Stearothermophilus.- Electronic Interactions in RNA Constituents and their Effects on Helical Conformations.- Correlated Internal Motions in Left-handed DNA Double Helices: Z-B Transition Driven by Drug Binding.- The Binding of the Carcinostatic Drugs Cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2] and [Ru(NH3)5Cl]Cl2 with Yeast Transfer RNAPhe. Absence of Binding to Watson-Crick Base Pairs.- Structures and Mechanisms of Mispairing in a Helical Environment Including Sequence Effect.- Drug Nucleic Acid Interactions: Proflavine Intercalation into Doublehelical Fragments of RNA and DNA.- Consequences of Substituting 2NH2A for A in Synthetic DNA’S.- Nonionic Oligonucleotide Analogs as new Tools for Studies on the Structure and Function of Nucleic Acids Inside Living Cells.- Solution Conformational Characteristics of Chemically Modified Purine (?) Pentosides.- Deoxyribonucleotide Biosynthesis: A Critical Process for Life.- IUPAC-IUB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN) Abbrevations and Symbols for the Description of Conformations of Polynucleotide Chains.- Index of Subjects.