Front Cover; Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, Volume 4; Copyright Page; Contents of part I and II; Part I: Chemical Modification of Proteins; Contents; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Chemical characterization of proteins and their derivatives; Chapter 3. Modification of protein side-chains: group-specific reagents; Chapter 4. Site-specific modification of native proteins with group-specific reagents; Chapter 5. Affinity labels; Chapter 6. Photoaffinity labels; Appendix I; References; Subject index

Part II: Separation Methods for Nucleic Acids and OligonucleotidesContents; List of abbreviations; Oligonucleotide nomenclature; Chapter 1. Choice of method; Chapter 2. Nucleotide composition of nucleic acids; Chapter 3. Paper chromatography, paper electrophoresis and thin layer chromatography; Chapter 4. Column chromatography; Chapter 5. Applications of column chromatography; Chapter 6. Desalting and concentrating oligonucleotide solutions; Chapter 7. Essentials of gel electrophoresis; Chapter 8. The practice of analytical gel electrophoresis of nucleic acids

Chapter 9. Practice of preparative gel electrophoresis of nucleic acidsChapter 10. Applications of gel electrophoresis; Chapter 11. Other techniques; Appendix; References; Subject index