Highlights in bioorganic chemistry : methods and applications / Carsten Schmuck, Helma Wennemers (eds.)

Includes bibliographical references and index

pt. 1. Biomolecules and their conformation. Equilibria of RNA secondary structures / Ronald Micura, Claudia H询artner -- Synthesis and application of proline and pipecolic acid derivatives : tools for stabilization of peptide secondary structures / Wolfgang Maison -- Stabilization of peptide microstructures by coordination of metal ions / Markus Albrecht -- Conformational restriction of sphingolipids / Thomas Kolter -- [Beta]-amino acids in nature / Franz von Nussbaum, Peter Spiteller -- Biosynthesis of [Beta]-amino acids / Peter Spiteller, Franz von Nussbaum -- pt. 2. Non-covalent intermolecular interactions. Carbohydrate recognition by artificial receptors / Arne L赴zen -- Cyclopeptides as macrocyclic host molecules for charged guests / Stephen Kubik -- Bioorganic receptors for amino acids and peptides : combining rational design with combinatorial chemistry / Carsten Schmuck, Wolfgang Wienand, Lars Geiger -- Artificial receptors for the stabilization of [beta]-sheet structures / Thomas Schrader, Markus Wehner, Petra Rzepecki -- Evaluation of the DNA-binding properties of cationic dyes by absorption and emission spectroscopy / Heiko Ihmels, Katja Faulhaber, Giampietro Viola -- Interaction of nitrogen monoxide and peroxynitrite with hemoglobin and myoglobin / Susanna Herold -- Synthetic approaches to study multivalent carbohydrate-lectin interactions / Valentin Wittmann -- pt. 3. Studies in drug developments. Building a bridge between chemistry and biology : molecular forceps that inhibit the farnesylation of RAS / Hans Peter Nestler -- Inhibitors against human mast cell tryptase : a potential approach to attack asthma? / Thomas J. Martin -- Preparation of novel steroids by microbiological and combinatorial chemistry / Christoph Huwe, Hermann K✹zer, Ludwig Zorn -- Enantiomeric nucleic acids, spiegelmers / Sven Klussmann -- Aspartic proteases involved in Alzheimer's disease / Boris Schmidt, Alexander Siegler -- Novel polymer and linker reagents for the preparation of protease-inhibitor libraries / J诲g Rademann -- pt. 4. Studies in diagnostic developments. Selectivity of DNA replication / Andreas Marx, Daniel Summerer, Michael Strerath -- Homogeneous DNA detection / Oliver Seitz -- Exploring the capabilities of nucleic acid polymerases by use of directed evolution / Susanne Brakmann, Marina Schlicke -- Labeling of fusion proteins with small molecules in vivo / Susanne Gendreizig ... [et al.] -- Oxidative splitting of pyrimidine cyclobutane dimers / Uta Wille -- Charge transfer in DNA / Hans-Achim Wagenknecht -- pt. 5. Catalysis. Protease-catalyzed formation of C-N bonds / Frank Bordusa -- Twin ribozymes / Sabine M赬ler ... [et al.] -- RNA as a catalyst : the Diels-Alderase ribozyme / Sonja Keiper ... [et al.] -- Combinatorial methods for the discovery of catalysts / Helma Wennemers -- pt. 6. Methodology, bioengineering and bioinspired assemblies. Linkers for solid-phase synthesis / Kerstin Knepper, Carmen Gil, Stefan Br✹e -- Small molecule arrays / Rolf Breinbauer, Maja K诨n, Carsten Peters -- Biotechnological production of D-pantothenic acid and its precursor D-pantolactone / Maria Kessler -- Microbially produced functionalized cyclohexadiene-trans-diols as a new class of chiral building blocks in organic synthesis : on the way to green and combinatorial chemistry / Volker Lorbach ... [et al.] -- Artificial molecular rotary motors based on rotaxanes / Thorsten Felder, Christoph A. Schalley --