Specificity in Biological Interactions: Proceedings of a Working Group at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences November 9–11, 1983

Scientific Papers.- Introductory Remarks. Electrostatics and Specificity in Nucleic Acid Reactions.- Theoretical Studies of Molecular Recognition and Catalysis by Enzymes.- Molecular Dynamics of the DNA Double Helix.- Simulating the Energetics and Dynamics of Enzymatic Reactions.- Structural Studies of DNA-Protein Interactions.- Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions, Models and Reality.- Studying Enzyme-Substrate Interactions by Site-Directed Mutagenesis.- Sequence Dependence of DNA Conformation, Dynamics and Interactions in Solution.- Elements of Specific Recognition of Non-Intercalating Ligands in the Interaction with DNA.- Interactions of Transfer RNAs with their Biological Partners.- Antibody Structure and Specificity.- Specificity of Ionophore-Cation Interaction.- Theoretical Analysis of Factors Responsible for Specificity in Ionophore-Cation Interactions.