Trends in Photobiology [Paperback]

I -Photophysics and Photochemistry of Biological Molecules.- Time-Resolved Chromophore Resonance Raman and Protein Fluorescence of Intermediates in some Photobiological Changes.- Synchrotron Radiation Sources for Photobiology and Ultraviolet, Visible and Infrared Spectroscopy.- Photoacoustic Methods Applied to Biological Systems.- Dynamics of Heme Proteins.- Measurement of Rotational Diffusion of Membrane Proteins Using Optical Probes.- Flow Sorting on the Basis of Morphology and Topology.- Primary Processes in the Photochemistry of Proteins.- Models of Photoregulation.- U.V. Induced Formation of Polynucleotide-Protein Cross-linkages as a Tool for Investigation of the Nucleoprotein Structure and Function.- Round Table Summary: Endogeneous and Exogeneous Inhibitors and Sensitizers. Fundamental Aspects.- Round Table Summary: Prebiotic Photochemistry and Photochemical Reactions in Space.- Bioluminescence and its Applications.- The Trends and Future of Photobiology: Physical and Biophysical Aspects.- II -Mutagenesis, Carcinogenesis and DNA Repair.- Cell Inactivation and Mutagenesis by Solar Ultraviolet Radiation.- Photoreactivation of Pyrimidine Dimers Generated by a Photosensitized Reaction in RNA of Insect Embryos (Smittia Spec.).- Molecular Aspects of Error Prone Repair in Escherichia Coli.- Round Table Summary: Genetic Engineering and DNA Repair.- Aspects of Radiation-Induced Mutagenesis and Malignant Transformation.- Genetic Aspects of Repair Deficiency and Skin Cancer.- Immunologic Aspects of U.V. Carcinogenesis.- The Trends and Future of Photobiology: Biochemical and Genetic Aspects.- III -Photomedicine.- Skin: Structure, Natural and Therapeutical Targets of Ultra-Violet Radiation.- Photochemical Reactions of Furocoumarins.- A Photochemical Characterization of Reactions of Psoralen Derivatives with DNA.- Photobiology of Furocoumarins.- Photochemotherapy with Furocoumarins [Psoralens].- Advances in Phototherapy of Skin Diseases.- Advances in Phototherapy of NeonatlcN