Group presentations  -  Physical Biochemistry

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A list of all proposed articles with links to abstracts:
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Hydrogen Bonds
-The name is bond - H bond, Martin and Derewenda, 1999, Nature Struct. Biol., 6:403
-The water dipole moment in water clusters, 1997, Gregory et al., Science 275:814

-Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair, Autumn et al, 2000, Nature 405:681


Binding interactions and energies
-Electrostatic contributions of the binding free energy of the lcl repressor to DNA, Misra et al., 1998, Biophysical Journal 75:2262-2273.
-Selective binding of th TATA box binding protein to the TATA box containing promoter: analysis of structural and energetic factors, Pardo et al., 1998, Biophysical Journal 75:2411-2421.

DNA as electric conductor
-Electronic motion in DNA, M.Ratner, 1999, Nature 397:480-481.
-Electron transfer between bases in double helical DNA, Kelly and Barton, 1999, Science 283:375-381.
-Electrical conductance throuhg DNA molecules, Fink and Schoenenberger,1999, Nature, 398:407-1

Enzyme Dynamics
Single molecule enzymatic dynamics, Peter et al., 1998, Science 282:1877

Atomic force microscopy
-Energy landscape of receptor-ligand bonds explored with dynamic force spectroscopy; Merkel et al., 1999, Nature 397:50-53.
-A single myosin head moves along an actin filament with regular steps of 5.3 nanometers, Kitamura et al., 1999, Nature 397:129-134.

Electron microscopic techniques
-Macromolecular structur determination by electron microscopy: new advances and recent results, 1998, Curr. Opinion in Structural Biology 8:595-600.

Brain imaging: PET (positron emission tomography), fMRI (functional NMR)
-Energy on demand (perspectives in neuroscience), Magistretti et al., 1999, Science 283:496-497.

Membrane capacitance, amperometry
Synaptic exocytosis and endocytosis: capacitance measurements, G. Matthews, 1996, Curr. Opinion in Neurobiology 6:358-364.
Monitoring secretion in real time: capacitance, amperometry and fluorescence compared, Angelson and Betz, 1997, Trends. Neuroscience 20:281-287.

Biosensors
Overview of biosensor technology, Scheller et al., in Advances in Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1996, 15:353-363.
Detection of taste substances in using impedience change in lipid/polymer membranes, Toko et al., 1997, Sensors and Materials, 9:321-329.
Impedence analysis of MDKC cells measured by electric cell substrate impedance sensing, Lo et al., 1995, Biophys. J. 69:2800-2807.
Use of electric fields to monitor the dynamical aspect of cell behavior in tissue culture, Giaver and Keese, 1986, IEEE Transactions of biomedical engineering , BME-33:242-247.