Attenuated total re£ ection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) is one of the
most powerful methods for recording infrared spectra of biological materials in general, and …

High resolution NMR techniques are now commonly applied to structural analyses of
complex biomolecules.(') However, these techniques have not proved applicable to most …

Attenuated total reflection Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy of thin hydrated films of
soluble and membrane protein included in a phospholipid bilayer is shown to provide useful …

During the last five years, the use of infrared spectroscopy (IR)* to determine the structure of
biological materials has dramatically expanded. However, IR's biggest advantage and …

A question of fundamental importance concerning the biosynthesis of integral membrane
proteins is whether transmembrane secondary structure can insert spontaneously into a lipid …

Technology which makes use of biological materials has advanced dramatically in the last
few decades. Production of specific biochemicals by selected microbial strains, the use of …

The chemical shift of a nucleus, i, in a molecule arises from the nuclear shielding effect of an
applied magnetic field, caused by an induced magnetic field resulting from circulation of …

RNA. The process of folding newly synthesized polypeptides into func tional proteins is less
well understood, although we at least have good information about the structures that are …

An FT‐IR spectroscopic method was developed for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of
biomacromolecular components in biomass, originating from various microbiological …

Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is a light-driven proton pump whose function includes two key
membrane-based processes, active transport and energy transduction. Despite extensive …