Five contributed chapters address mesionic nucleosides and heterobases; synthesis and properties of various disaccharide nucleosides; the synthesis, reactions, and properties of nucleoside mono-, di-, tri-, and tetraphosphates and nucleotides with changes in the phosphoryl residue; the synthesis and chemistry of heterocyclic analogues of purine nucleosides and nucleotides; and substrate binding of adenine nucleosides and nucleotides to certain enzymes. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews. com) | Chemistry of Nucleosides and Nucleotides by L. B. Townsend, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters | Chemistry of Nucleosides and Nucleotides by L.B. Townsend, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters