McPherson, Alexander

McPherson, Alexander (1989). Macromolecular Crystals The Growth of Crystals Is Now the Key to Deducing the Structure of Large Molecules. Scientific American 260(3) 62-69. 

McPherson, Alexander. Introduction to Macromolecular Crystallography. 2d ed. Hoboken, N.J. WUey-Black-weU, 2009. Intended for students interested in pursuing careers in such areas as pharmacology, protein engineering, bioinformatics, and nanotechnology, this well-illustrated book provides an easily understood introduction for readers without a background in science and mathematics. 

In Court to support the claimants. Professor Alexander Walker assessed the relative risk of the third-generation products at 2.2, Dame Margaret Thorogood at 2.1, and Professor Khm McPherson at about 1.9. The experts for the defendants took the view that the relative risk was well below two, and could well be zero. As Mr Justice Mackay noted, having listened to these experts . .. the debate between them has been unyielding, at times almost rancorous in tone, and with a few honourable exceptions. .. devoid of wUhngness to countenance that there may be two sides to the question. So, science has failed to give women clear advice spoken with one voice. ... 

Alexander McPherson and Paul J. Shlichta have suggested using insoluble minerals as heterogeneous nuclei for the crystallization of macromolecules. They obtained excellent protein crystals, which could be cleaved from the mineral nucleus and used for X-ray diffraction studies. The mineral is introduced into a supersaturated solution of the material to be crystallized. As supersaturation increases, nucleation occurs on a specific face of the mineral nucleus, and a crystal begins to grow. The orientation and periodicity of the molecules on the nucleus surface promote an oriented overgrowth that has a similar periodicity. 

Introduction to Macromolecular Crystallography, Second Edition By Alexander McPherson Copyright 2009 John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

Rudy J. Koopmans and Anton PJ. Middelberg, Engineering Materials from the Bottom Up - Overview Robert PW. Davies, Amalia Aggeli, Neville Boden, Tom C.B. McLeish, Irena A. Nyrkova, and Alexander N. Semenov, Mechanisms and Principles of 1 D Self-Assembly of Peptides into -Sheet Tapes Paul van der Schoot, Nucleation and Co-Operativity in Supramolecular Polymers MichaelJ. McPherson, Kier James, Stuart Kyle, Stephen Parsons, and Jessica Riley, Recombinant Production of Self Assembling Peptides... 

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Hosea, M., Greene, B., McPherson, R., Henzl, M., Alexander, M.D. and Damall, D.W. (1986) Accumulation of elemental gold on the alga Chlorella vulgaris. Inorganica Chimica Acta,... 

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