The triplet electronic states of acetylene and the intersystem crossing process that populates these states were studied using a second-generation, supersonic jet molecular beam machine with a multispectral capability. ...

The intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of c,-alkynyl carbonyl compounds are described. This reaction, the first heterocyclic variant of the enyne cycloaddition reaction, affords a product with a dihydroisobenzofuran ...

N-linked glycosylation is a ubiquitous form of protein modification whereby a preassembled oligosaccharide is covalently attached the asparagine side chain of an acceptor protein. This process involves numerous enzymes, ...

The optical measurements described in this thesis reveal interactions among bound electron-hole pairs known as excitons in a semiconductor nanostructure. Excitons are quasiparticles that can form when light is absorbed by ...

Asparagine-linked protein glycosylation entails the stepwise assembly of an oligosaccharide onto a polyisoprenyl diphosphate carrier, followed by the en bloc transfer of the glycan onto acceptor proteins by oligosaccharyl ...

For a complete description of protein folding dynamics and the structure of the folded state, of unfolded and of non-native states of proteins and the kinetics of protein folding from the unfolded state to the folded state ...

Oligosaccharyl transferase catalyzes the first commited step in N-linked glycosylation. The enzyme complex from Saccharomyces cerevisiae includes nine membrane bound proteins located in the lipid bilayer of the endoplasmic ...

The small subunit ([beta]2) of Escherichia coli class Ia ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) contains a diferric tyrosyl radical (Y*) cofactor essential for the conversion of nucleotides to deoxynucleotides that are needed ...