Molecular Models of Photoresponsiveness

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• and General Principles.
• Evolutionary Aspects of Photoresponsive Systems.
• Light Migration and Energy Utilization in Biological Systems.
• The Biological Effects of Millimeter Waves.
• Biological Photoresponses and Photoreceptors.
• Photoresponsive Systems in Nature: UV Light.
• Photoinduced Responses in UV-Irradiated Cells.
• Photoregulation of E. Coli Growth and the near Ultraviolet Photochemistry of tRNA.
• The Photoimmunology of Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity and Its Relationship to Photocarcinogenesis.
• Photoresponsive Systems in Nature: Visible Light.
• Photorepair Processes.
• Reversible Absorbance Changes and Modulation of Biological Activities by Blue Light.
• Proposed Mechanism for Photomodulation of Carbon Metabolism Enzyme Activity in Chloroplasts and Cyanobacteria.
• Protein Phosphorylation as an Adaptive Mechanism in Photosynthesis and Vision.
• Circadian Rhythms: The Basis for Information Processing in Eukaryotes during Adaptation to Seasonal Changes in Photo- and Thermoperiods.
• Photocontrol of Enzyme Activity in Higher Plants — Activation or Synthesis?.
• Photomodulation of Enzymes.
• Photoresponsive Model Systems.
• Photochemical Processes Induced with Enzyme-Generated Triplet Species.
• Conformational Models of Light Energy Utilization in Photoreceptive Systems.
• Activity Modulation by Photochromic Effectors.
• Photomechanical Effects in Photochromic Systems.
• Photoresponsive Synthetic Polymers.
• Spectroscopic Studies of Conformational Changes in Photochromic Polypeptides.
• Photoresponsive Crown Ethers.
• Model Photoresponsive Membranes.
• Photoresponsiveness and Models: Contributions and General Discussion.