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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Smith, Kendric C[Herausgeber]

Titel

Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews : Volume 5

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

1980

Link zum Volltext

• Volltext

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 1. Photosynthetic Phosphorylation by Chloroplasts of Higher Plants -- 2. Membrane Models for Circadian Rhythms -- 3. Fluorescent Probes in the Study of Nucleic Acids and Chromatin in Living Cells -- 4. Cross-Linking of Proteins to Nucleic Acids by Ultraviolet Light -- 5. Photobiochemistry in the Dark -- 6. Hypericism -- 7. Immunologic Effects of UV Radiation and Their Role in Photocarcinogenesis -- 8. Immunological Detection of Radiation Damage in DNA.
• The goals of the science of photobiology can be divided into four categories: to develop (I) ways to optimize the beneficial effects of light on man and his environment, (2) methods to protect organisms, including man, from the detrimental effects of light, (3) photochemical tools for use in studies of life processes, and (4) photochemical therapies in medicine. To achieve these goals will require the knowledgeable collaboration of biologists, chemists, engineers, mathematicians, physicians, and physicists; because photobiology is a truly multidisciplinary science. While a multidis℗Ư ciplinary science is more intellectually demanding, it also has a greater potential for unexpected breakthroughs that can occur when data from several areas of science are integrated into new concepts for theoretical or practical use. Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews continues to provide in℗Ư depth coverage of the many specialty areas of photobiology. It is hoped that these reviews will provide an important service to the younger scientists in the field and to senior scientists in related fields, because they provide a ready access to the recent literature in the field, and more importantly, they frequently offer a critical evaluation of the direction that the field is taking, or suggest a redirection when appropriate. Since it is important that this review series remain responsive to the needs of photochemists and photobiologists, the Editor would value com℗Ư ments and suggestions from its readers