1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910496145503321

Autore

Ramaswamy Sumathi

Titolo

Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970 / / Sumathi Ramaswamy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997]

©1997

ISBN

9780520918795

0520918797

9780585106007

0585106002

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 303 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

Studies on the History of Society and Culture ; ; 29

Studies on the history of society and culture ; ; 29

Disciplina

494/.811/0954

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching - United States

Critical pedagogy - United States

Language and culture - India - History

Nationalism - India - History

Critical pedagogy - History - United States

Language and culture - History - India

Nationalism - India

India Languages Political aspects

India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Language in History and Modernity -- 2. One Language, Many Imaginings -- 3. Feminizing Language: Tamil as Goddess, Mother, Maiden -- 4. Laboring for Language: The State of Tamil Devotion -- 5. To Die For: Living for Language -- 6. Conclusion: Tamil Subjects -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why would love for their language lead men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This book analyzes the discourses of love,



labour, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911020058503321

Autore

Tsai C. Stan

Titolo

Biomacromolecules : introduction to structure, function and informatics / / C. Stan Tsai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2007

ISBN

9786610722259

9781280722257

1280722258

9780470080122

0470080124

9780470080115

0470080116

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (770 p.)

Disciplina

572/.33

Soggetti

Macromolecules

Biomolecules

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BIOMACROMOLECULES; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations in Repetitive Use; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Prelude; 1.2 Covalent Bonds; 1.3 Noncovalent Interactions; 1.3.1 Electrostatic Interaction; 1.3.2 Van der Waals Interaction; 1.3.3 Hydrogen Bond; 1.3.4 Hydrophobic Interaction; 1.3.5 Steric Repulsion; 1.4 Isomerism: Configuration versus Conformation; 1.5 Trilogy; 1.6 References; CHAPTER 2 MONOMER CONSTITUENTS OF BIOMACROMOLECULES; 2.1 Nucleotides: Constituents of Nucleic Acids; 2.2 α-Amino Acids: Constituents of Proteins; 2.3 Monosaccharides: Constituents of Glycans; 2.4 Addendum; 2.5 References

CHAPTER 3 PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION3.1 Purification:



Overview; 3.2 Purification: Chromatography; 3.3 Purification: Electrophoresis; 3.4 Characterization: General; 3.4.1 Purity; 3.4.2 Molecular Weight; 3.4.3 Molecular Dimension; 3.5 Characterization: Specific; 3.5.1 Melting Temperature of DNA; 3.5.2 Buoyant Density of Biomacromolecules; 3.5.3 Isoelectric pH of Proteins; 3.5.4 Removal of Glycosides from Glycoproteins; 3.6 References; CHAPTER 4 BIOMACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE: NUCLEIC ACIDS; 4.1 Structural Organization; 4.1.1 Structural Hierarchy

4.1.2 Representation of Structures of Nucleic Acids4.2 Sequence Analysis of Nucleic Acids; 4.2.1 General; 4.2.2 Chemical Cleavage Method; 4.2.3 Enzymatic Chain Termination/Dideoxy Method; 4.2.4 Mass Spectrometric Analysis; 4.2.5 Automated DNA Sequencing Technology; 4.3 Secondary Structure and Structure Polymorphism of DNA; 4.3.1 Key Structural Features of Nucleic Acids; 4.3.2 DNA Polymorphism; 4.3.3 Alternative Structures of DNA; 4.4 Supercoiling and Tertiary Structure of DNA; 4.4.1 DNA Topoisomers; 4.4.2 Superhelical Density and Energetics of Supercoiling.

4.5 Classification and Structures of RNA4.5.1 Structures of RNA; 4.5.2 Transfer RNA; 4.5.3 Ribosomal RNA; 4.5.4 Messenger RNA; 4.5.5 Other Classes of RNA; 4.6 RNA Folds and Structure Motifs; 4.6.1 RNA Folds; 4.6.2 Structure Motifs of RNA; 4.7 Energetics of Nucleic Acid Structure; 4.8 Nucleic Acid Application; 4.9 References; CHAPTER 5 BIOMACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE: PROTEINS; 5.1 Architecture of Protein Molecules; 5.1.1 Introduction; 5.1.2 Representation of Protein Structures; 5.2 Primary Structure of Proteins: Chemical and Enzymatic Sequence Analysis; 5.2.1 Amino Acid Composition

5.2.2 Peptide Cleavage, Separation and Analysis5.2.3 Terminal and Sequence Determination; 5.2.4 Peptide Ladder Sequencing; 5.3 Primary Structure of Proteins: Sequence Analysis by Tandem Mass Spectrometry; 5.3.1 An Application of Mass Spectrometry (MS) in Protein Chemistry; 5.3.2 Application of Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS-MS) in Protein Sequence Analysis; 5.4 Conformational Map; 5.5 Secondary Structures and Motifs of Proteins; 5.5.1 α-Helical Structure; 5.5.2 β-Sheet Structure; 5.5.3 Nonrepetitive Structure: Connection (Loop) and Turn; 5.5.4 Notes to Secondary Structures of Globular Proteins

5.5.5 Motifs: Supersecondary Structures

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an integrated treatment of the structure and function of nucleic acids, proteins, and glycans, including thorough coverage of relevant computational biochemistry. The text begins with an introduction to the biomacromolecules, followed by discussion of methods of isolation and purification, physiochemical and biochemical properties, and structural characteristics. The next section of the book deals with sequence analysis, analysis of conformation using spectroscopy, chemical synthesis, and computational approaches. The following chapters discuss biomolecular interactions, e