712 Index
Hessian matrix, 353
positive-definite, 353
descent direction, 359–360
detailed balance, 411–412
dielectric constant, 316, 317, 334,
338–340, 342, 343f
dielectric function, 338–339
diffusion constant, 337, 481, 490
dihedral angle
anti, 280f
gauche, 97f, 280f
trans, 97f, 280f
definition, 97b, 98f
relation to torsion angle, 97b
Dirac, Paul, 241
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice, 431q
directed molecular evolution, 68
disulfide bonds, 89
divergence operator, 319b
Djerassi, Carl, 521
DNA
London Times quote, 130q
A-form, 158f, 156–158, 159, 160f
A-tracts, 169–173, 173f, 174b, 178,
201b
adducts, xv
B-form, 155–157, 158–160f
base-pair step analysis, 167t
bending, 166, 171f, 169–173, 173f,
174b
canonical forms, 155–161, 582h, 584h
cellular organization, 187f, 182–193
chips, 39b, 526, 530b
chromosome, 182
–193
computing, 134, 165, 240
double helix, 136f
diameter, 150
grooves, 150
helix sense, 150, 150n
pitch, 136f, 150
residues per turn, 150
rise, 150
twist, 136f, 150
dynamics, 9t, 12, 15, 16f, 133–134,
179f, 193b, 195f, 198, 202b, 202f,
203f, 200–204, 215b
fundamental processes, 132–133
genome content, 184f, 182–184, 185t
geometry, 195–197
histone, 187f
hydration, 172, 174–180
ion patterns, 174–180
junk, 28
linking number, 196f, 195–196
Maddox quote, 240q
microarrays, 39b, 42
mimics, 212f, 212–213
model forms, 151, 152t, 158–160f
nucleosome, 189f, 186–193
overstretched, 215b, 214–216
persistence length, 187f, 198–202
polymer model, 198–202
quadruplexes, 211–212
S-DNA, 214
sequence effects, 165–174
Ascona Consortium, 169
site juxtaposition, 201, 202b, 202, 203f
supercoil, 156
supercoiling, 200b, 184–204
elastic approximation, 200b, 201b,
199–202
simulation, 197–204
TATA-box, 169b, 172f, 179f, 182, 207
telomeres, 211–212
topology, 195–197
triplexes, 211
twist, 196f, 196–197
understretched, 214–216
Watson and Crick’s seminal paper, 164q
writhe, 196f, 197
Z-form, 156, 158–160f, 160–161
DNA topoisomerase I, 121f
DNA-binding leucine zipper protein, 114
DNA/protein interactions, 181t, 180–182
helix-turn-helix (HTH) motif, 584h
Down’s syndrome, 31
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 346q
drugs, 58–67
abacavir, 531b
AIDS, 59f
biologics, 524
chlorpromazine, 527f
codeine, 531b
COX-2 inhibitors, 529b
cyclosporin, 58, 522b
for chronic pain, 529b
future, 552
herceptin, 530, 531b