CHEMISTRY

BY MARYE ANNE FOXBR> Department of Chemistry
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, Texas

" Sequence-specific binding of pyrimidine oligonucleotides can block recognition of double helical DNA, and analogous binding of other oligonucleotides may make possible sequencespecific protein binding.

L.J. Maher III, B. Wold, P.B. Dervan, “Inhibition of DNA binding proteins by oligonucleotide directed triple helix formation,” Science, 245,725-30, 18 August 1989. (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena)

"Two Nobel lectures summarize methods of membrane protein crystallization and correlate structure with function in light-driven electron pumps.

J. Deisenhofer, H. Michel, “The photosynthetic reaction center from the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 28, 829-47, July 1989. (University of Texas, Dallas; Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt, F.R.G.)

R. Huber, “A structural basis of light energy and electron transfer in biology,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 28, 848-869, July 1989. (Max-Planck-Institut für Biochimie, Martinsreid, F.R.G.)...

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