Title page; Series Preface; Preface; List of Contributors; Contents; Infrared Spectroscopy -- Past and Present; The Study of Protein Reactions by Reaction-Induced Infrared Difference Spectroscopy; Ultrafast 2D-IR Vibration Echo Spectroscopy of Proteins; FTIR Data Processing and Analysis Tools; FTIR Spectroscopy for Analysis of Protein Secondary Structure; Infrared Spectroscopy of Protein Pharmaceuticals; Quantum Mechanical Calculations of Peptide Vibrational Force Fields and Spectral Intensities; Computational Linear and Nonlinear IR Spectroscopy of Amide I Vibrations in Proteins
Summary
Infrared spectroscopy has a significant role to play in the analysis of the vast number of genes and proteins being identified by the various genomic sequencing projects. This book gives an overview of the field. It is intended for use by research scientists already active in the use of biological infrared spectroscopy
