Interplay between Metal Ions and Nucleic Acids
The Metal Ions in Life Sciences series links coordination chemistry and biochemistry in their widest sense and thus increases our understanding of the relationship between the chemistry of metals and life processes. The series reflects the interdisciplina
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Metal Ions in Life Sciences Volume 10 Series Editors:
Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, and Roland K.O. Sigel
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8385 and http://www.mils-series.com
Astrid Sigel • Helmut Sigel • Roland K.O. Sigel Editors
Interplay between Metal Ions and Nucleic Acids
Editors Astrid Sigel Department of Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Universität Basel Spitalstrasse 51 CH-4056 Basel Switzerland [email protected]
Helmut Sigel Department of Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Universität Basel Spitalstrasse 51 CH-4056 Basel Switzerland [email protected]
Roland K.O. Sigel Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Universität Zürich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zürich Switzerland [email protected]
The figure on the dust cover shows the upper part of Figure 2 (c) of Chapter 1 by M. Pechlaner and Roland K. O. Sigel ISSN 1559-0836 e-ISSN 1868-0402 ISBN 978-94-007-2171-5 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2172-2 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2172-2 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011943624 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Historical Development and Perspectives of the Series Metal Ions in Life Sciences*
It is an old wisdom that metals are indispensable for life. Indeed, several of them, like sodium, potassium, and calcium, are easily discovered in living matter. However, the role of metals and their impact on life remained largely hidden until inorganic chemistry and coordination chemistry experienced a pronounced revival in the 1950s. The experimental and theoretical tools created in this period and their application to biochemical problems led to the development of the field or discipline now known as Bioinorganic Chemistry, Inorganic Biochemistry, or more recently also often addressed as Biological Inorganic Chemistry. By 1970 Bioinorganic Chemistry was established and further promoted by the book series Metal Ions in Biological Systems founded in 1973 (edited by H.S., who was soon joined by A.S.) and published by Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, for more than 30 years. After this company ceased to be a family endeavor and its acquisition by another company, we decided, after having edited 44 volumes of the MIBS series (the last two together with R.K.O.S.) to launch a new and broader minded series to cover today’s needs in the Life Sciences. Therefore, the Sigels new series is entitled
Metal Ions in Life Sciences. After publication of the first four volumes (2006–2008) with John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK, and the next five volumes (2009
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