Mike Williamson

A collection of short stories, commencing with Lubin, a female Werewolf, and going from there with an almost vampire, an invasion of a nasty ET and romantic stories with a time warp.

How Proteins Work is an up-to-date and authoritative account of protein function. It covers the full breadth of protein science, from protein structure and organisation, through evolution, enzymes, regulation, dynamics, folding, allostery, and experimental and computational techniques, with chapters detailing how these features work together to support signalling and motion. It tackles challenging topics such as cooperativity, dynamics, and intrinsically disordered proteins, but always in an engaging style that puts clarity and understanding at the forefront. This text will enable undergraduate students in biochemistry and biophysics to understand the relationships between protein function, structure, and dynamics. It will also serve as a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers grappling with proteins and their functions. New to this second edition is a fuller account of enzyme kinetics and inhibition; more detail on protein folding and intracellular responses to unfolded proteins; a more coherent account of avidity and cooperativity; and discussion of new developments including AlphaFold and cryo-electron microscopy. The text has been substantially re-ordered with some of the cell biology removed. Key Features: Chapters end with a problems section which aims to test the reader’s understanding of chapter content and its application Top-quality full color illustrations help to elucidate key concepts and mechanisms High-resolution protein structures enhance understanding of molecular interactions and how structure relates to function Extensive reference lists Cross referencing within the text, to draw out the connections between different topics

How Proteins Work is an up-to-date and authoritative account of protein function. It covers the full breadth of protein science, from protein structure and organisation, through evolution, enzymes, regulation, dynamics, folding, allostery, and experimental and computational techniques, with chapters detailing how these features work together to support signalling and motion. It tackles challenging topics such as cooperativity, dynamics, and intrinsically disordered proteins, but always in an engaging style that puts clarity and understanding at the forefront. This text will enable undergraduate students in biochemistry and biophysics to understand the relationships between protein function, structure, and dynamics. It will also serve as a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers grappling with proteins and their functions. New to this second edition is a fuller account of enzyme kinetics and inhibition; more detail on protein folding and intracellular responses to unfolded proteins; a more coherent account of avidity and cooperativity; and discussion of new developments including AlphaFold and cryo-electron microscopy. The text has been substantially re-ordered with some of the cell biology removed. Key Features: Chapters end with a problems section which aims to test the reader’s understanding of chapter content and its application Top-quality full color illustrations help to elucidate key concepts and mechanisms High-resolution protein structures enhance understanding of molecular interactions and how structure relates to function Extensive reference lists Cross referencing within the text, to draw out the connections between different topics

Fog can hide evil deeds and fogs invade East Anglia all of the time. In the ancient village of Upper Heath stands the remains of Old Church, raised during the Anarchy on even older ruins. The tension rises through the year for a group of children, who battle the local thugs as well as the mysteries surrounding the ruins. They are helped by two priests and a police officer, and for them the horror appears in the disused American airfield. Phantom aircraft take off in the dead of night and ghostly figures are reported. The final confrontation is between good and evil dating back centuries and involving surprising forces.

A collection of short stories about the settlers on a new world after destroying the home planet, but they find that they could not leave everything behind. The New Home has an answer for that

A selection of short stories and comments by the author. Some are supernatural, most are pure fantasy for the busy person with no time to relax.

A collection of short fantasy stories covering a wide range of topics

An ancient demon arrives at a mental institute and causes havoc as she attempts to gain the position as the greatest God of all time.

On a journey to colonise Mars is compromised when a seventeenth century scientist appears, Robert Hooke. The computer has a strong personality that confuses everyone, but everything starts to make sense as the initial Mars Base starts to take shape. And then there is a surpise for everyone, including Hooke.

What has happened to a small town in Oregon? The first to answer this question were a bunch of high-school kids, then the local reporter and doctor, and finally the FBI when violent death occurs. What they find is an answer to a very old question, and a disturbing view of the future.

Strange artifacts are found on a planet in the Centauri System during the first interstellar voyage. A second team of experts are assembled to find out what are the artifacts, who made them, and where are they now? What Tom and the others find is an ancient and dead civilisation, dead for 14,000 years Although the dead race, the Crintu are no longer around, they left a great legacy in the one surviving building, their history which holds a dreadful message for humans.