Do you know any good reviews or books related to the basis of structural biology for a beginner in the field? Thank you in advance for your help.
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I really liked the book Introduction to Protein Structure by Branden and Tooze. I am not sure it's in print anymore but your local library may have a copy. The PDF may also be available online.
Arthur Lesk's book "Introduction to protein architecture" is also highly recommended. Enjoy!
The Branden and Tooze book is the standard introductory text.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Protein-Structure-Carl-Branden/dp/0815323050/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394154148&sr=1-1
Proteins by Creighton is a more basic book but you probably would not have difficulty following the Brandon and Tooze book
http://www.amazon.com/Proteins-Structures-Properties-Thomas-Creighton/dp/071677030X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394154429&sr=1-1&keywords=proteins+structure+and+molecular+properties
There are some more recent ones but I am not familiar with them. Maybe someone else?
Introduction to Protein Science: Architecture, Function, and Genomics 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Protein-Science-Architecture-Function/dp/0199541302/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394154227&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=introductiobn+to+protein+architecture
Introduction to Proteins: Structure, Function, and Motion 2010
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Proteins-Structure-Mathematical-Computational/dp/1439810710/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0VQBJ2TB65HYEADKE3AP
Structural biology concerns all biological macromolecules and thus includes, for example, nucleic acids.
A nice definition is given at the MIT web pages : (https://biology.mit.edu/research/structural_biology)
Structural biology seeks to provide a complete and coherent picture of biological phenomena at the molecular and atomic level. The goals of structural biology include developing a comprehensive understanding of the molecular shapes and forms embraced by biological macromolecules and extending this knowledge to understand how different molecular architectures are used to perform the chemical reactions that are central to life...
And an example of aims and scope:
" The Journal of Structural Biology publishes papers dealing with the structural analysis of living material at every level of organization by all methods that lead to an understanding of biological function in terms of molecular and supermolecular structure"...
Textbook Of Structural Biology
You can refer sample chapters from the following link:
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6620
Dear Nicolas I think the foundations of structural Biology by LEONARD J. BANASZAK is a good reference for basic structural biology .please see book finder web.
Since by the time you came to ask that question , you probably have had enough basic biochemistry, physics and math. Thus, I recommed jumping into solving the macromolecuar stucture with texts like Gale Rhodes "Crystallography Made Crystal Clear" or Bernard Rupp "Biomolecular Crystallography .. "
Crystallography is much easier to understand if you " follow the math" . Thus, linear algebra, Baysian probability , Bragg's Law and Fourier transform are the foundations to understand the process.
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