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  • Macromolecules in the Functioning Cell Macromolecules in the Functioning Cell
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    Macromolecules in the Functioning Cell

    This volume contains nineteen contributions on some of the most relevant topics in modern molecular biology and biochemistry presented by leading scientists of the USSR and Italy. One group of papers are mainly concerned with...
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  • Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Ethanol Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Ethanol
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    Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Ethanol

    Alcohol abuse and alcoholism represents one of the major health, social, and economic issues facing not only America but much of the world. Problems with alcohol appear to be a common curse, afflicting almost all industrialized...
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  • Biological Regulation and Development Biological Regulation and Development
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    Biological Regulation and Development

    The motivation for us to produce a treatise on regulation was mainly our convic­ tion that it would be fun, and at the same time productive, to approach the subject in a way that differs from that of other treatises. We had...
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  • Central Regulation of the Endocrine System Central Regulation of the Endocrine System
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    Central Regulation of the Endocrine System

    According to the classical concept of Geoffrey Harris the pituitary gland is controlled by the brain by means of blood-borne chemical messengers produced by central neurons. The recent isolation and structural characterization...
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  • Biochemistry of Plant Phenolics Biochemistry of Plant Phenolics
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    Biochemistry of Plant Phenolics

    Phenolic compounds have attracted the attention of those interested in plant constituents for over 200 years. First as dyestuffs, meaicinals and tannins and, much later, because of their potential use in examining the ...
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  • The Clinical Psychology of Aging The Clinical Psychology of Aging
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    The Clinical Psychology of Aging

    It has been estimated that there are at least 2,500,000 adults, 10% of the population above age 65, who are currently in need of some sort of mental health services (Kramer, Taube, and Redick, 1973). Other estimates are even...
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  • Lipids in Evolution Lipids in Evolution
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    Lipids in Evolution

    A turning point seems to have been reached recently in our understanding of biological systems. After about 1930, when it became possible to examine the dynamic aspects of a cell seriously and to increase the breadth of our...
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  • Pathophysiology of Cerebral Energy Metabolism Pathophysiology of Cerebral Energy Metabolism
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    Pathophysiology of Cerebral Energy Metabolism

    This monograph contains the proceedings of an International Symposium on the Pathophysiology of Cere­ bral Energy Metabolism which was held at the University of Belgrade School of Medicine, September 19-22, 1977. The purpose of...
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  • Membrane Transport Membrane Transport
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    Membrane Transport

    Not many years ago, problems of membranes and transport attracted the attention of but a few dozen enthusiasts, mainly physiolo­ gists who recognize~ the significance of membranes for the stabilization of the general steady...
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  • Purine Metabolism in Man II Purine Metabolism in Man II
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    Purine Metabolism in Man II

    The study of gouty arthritis has provided a common meeting ground for the research interests of both the basic scientist and the clinician. The interest of the chemist in gout began 1776 with the isolation of uric acid from a...
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  • Immunologic Phylogeny Immunologic Phylogeny
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    Immunologic Phylogeny

    There are two now classic reasons for the widespread and con­ tinuing interest in the phylogeny of immune reactivities and structure. First is the fundamental concern of biologists with the evolution of defense mechanisms. We...
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  • Control Mechanisms in Development Control Mechanisms in Development
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    Control Mechanisms in Development

    This symposium was not only a happy event for the University of Nebraska, but it marked a milestone in the history of the biological sciences here. The symposium cele­ in the most appropriate way possible, the creation of the...
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  • Nutrition and Malnutrition Nutrition and Malnutrition
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    Nutrition and Malnutrition

    The Burg Wartenstein Symposia have become rightly celebrated for achieving their original purpose: to be of service and interest to the anthropological profes­ sion as a whole and to contribute to related sciences. We are...
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  • Control of Gene Expression Control of Gene Expression
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    Control of Gene Expression

    The OHOLO Conferences have been convened annually from the Spring of 1956; the wide areas they have covered, from different and overlapping disciplines, can be seen from the following list: 1956 Bacterial Genetics (not...
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  • Nutrition and Mental Functions Nutrition and Mental Functions
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    Nutrition and Mental Functions

    The description of sequelae of nutritional deficien­ cies was equally oversimplified. Obviously, a disease like rickets, which affected hard tissues--the skeleton-­ had irreversible consequences. Destruction or alteration of...
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  • Neurohumoral Coding of Brain Function Neurohumoral Coding of Brain Function
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    Neurohumoral Coding of Brain Function

    It is indeed a pleasure to welcome all of you to this Inter­ national Symposium on the Neurohumoral coding of Brain Function. Many of you have undertaken a very long trip in order to cross swords with some of the most ...
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  • Brain Chemistry and Mental Disease Brain Chemistry and Mental Disease
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    Brain Chemistry and Mental Disease

    This volume contains the proceedings of the fourth international symposium held in November 1970 at the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences in Houston. Leading psychiatrists, biochemists, and pharmacologists from the...
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  • Gene Mapping in Laboratory Mammals Gene Mapping in Laboratory Mammals
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    Gene Mapping in Laboratory Mammals

    The present work is an attempt to provide a systematic treatment of genetic linkage in diploid heredity. Part A presents a general account of statistical methods which can be brought to bear on the problem. The primary emphasis...
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  • Biophysical Approaches Biophysical Approaches
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    Biophysical Approaches

    The short period since the publication of Volume 1 of Methods in Membrane Biology has been a time of momentous progress. Calorimetry, electron spin and nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction, and freeze-cleavage electron...
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  • Tissue Culture of the Nervous System Tissue Culture of the Nervous System
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    Tissue Culture of the Nervous System

    The impetus for compiling this book was the recent development of culture strains of neuroblastoma and glial cells and the immediate and enthusiastic way they have been taken up as model systems. After the first sudden rush of...
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  • Transport Phenomena in the Nervous System Transport Phenomena in the Nervous System
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    Transport Phenomena in the Nervous System

    This book presents the papers that were delivered at the Satellite Symposium of the International Society for Neurochemistry in Padua, September, 1975. Having such Satellite Symposia was a new experiment for the Society, and...
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  • Methods in Membrane Biology Methods in Membrane Biology
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    Methods in Membrane Biology

    Although not the only volume in this series in which lipids are discussed, the present volume is devoted entirely to methods for the study of membrane lipids. Even now, when membrane proteins are properly receiving so much...
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  • Pesticides in Aquatic Environments Pesticides in Aquatic Environments
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    Pesticides in Aquatic Environments

    Water covers about two-thirds of the surface of earth, but only 0.627 percent of this water is the sweet surface and subsurface water available for the survival of freshwater organisms including man (1,2). Some of this fresh or...
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  • Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes
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    Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes

    This volume presents lecture notes from the session of the International School of Pharmacology, at the "Ettore Majorana" Centre, on Advances in Prostaglandins that took place in Erice (Sicily), October 4 to October 15, 1976...
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  • Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis in Plants Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis in Plants
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    Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis in Plants

    During the summer of 1974 we discussed the state of molecular biology and biochemical developmental biology in plants on a few occasions in Paris and in Strasbourg. The number of laboratories engaged in such research is minute...
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  • Surface Membrane Receptors Surface Membrane Receptors
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    Surface Membrane Receptors

    The NATO Advanced Study Institute entitled "Surface Membrane Receptors: Interface Between Cells and Environment" was held in Bellagio, Italy September 13-21, 1975. This meeting was an attempt to bring together in an ...
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  • Specificity in Plant Diseases Specificity in Plant Diseases
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    Specificity in Plant Diseases

    A NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Phytotoxins in Plant Diseases" was held in Pugnochiuso (Italy) in June 1970. It was concerned mainly with the chemistry and mode of action of substances toxic to higher plants which are...
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  • Genetic Manipulations with Plant Material Genetic Manipulations with Plant Material
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    Genetic Manipulations with Plant Material

    Mankind, throughout history, has strived to improve his food sources. By means of slow and empirical selections, it has been possible to greatly increase both quantity and quality of plant crops. This procedure has brought the...
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  • Biology of Brain Dysfunction Biology of Brain Dysfunction
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    Biology of Brain Dysfunction

    The growth of neurochemistry, molecular biology, and biochemical genetics has led to a burgeoning of new information relevant to the pathogenesis of brain dysfunction. This explosion of exciting new information is crying out...
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  • Pioneers in Neuroendocrinology Pioneers in Neuroendocrinology
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    Pioneers in Neuroendocrinology

    In the middle and late 1960s, when it was clear that neuroendocrinology was established as a discipline in its own right, it occurred to us that auto­ biographical accounts of the pioneer work in this field by the major par­...
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  • The Enzymes of Biological Membranes The Enzymes of Biological Membranes
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    The Enzymes of Biological Membranes

    There is little need to emphasize the importance of membrane-linked enzymes parti­ cipating in phospholipid, sterol, protein, and glycoprotein synthesis or in the synthesis of bacterial cell wall. Chapters on these topics...
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  • Reproductive Behavior and Evolution Reproductive Behavior and Evolution
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    Reproductive Behavior and Evolution

    The Daniel S. Lehrman Memorial Symposia Series will publish the proceedings of symposia devoted to the evolution, development, and organization of behavior. These various symposia will bring together at intervals scientists...
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  • Conservation of Threatened Plants Conservation of Threatened Plants
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    Conservation of Threatened Plants

    During the last hlO hundred years man has changed from living in equilibrium with the natural world which sustained him, to a new position in which he is now its undisputed ruler - and very often out of equilibrium - able in a...
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  • Topics in Dietary Fiber Research Topics in Dietary Fiber Research
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    Topics in Dietary Fiber Research

    The study of plant fibers and their effect on human physiology has suddenly, after many years of comparative obscurity, been catapulted to the forefront of the scien­ tific world. This new interest, first ignited by certain...
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  • The Molecular Biology of Membranes The Molecular Biology of Membranes
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    The Molecular Biology of Membranes

    On February 14, 1977, a symposium entitled "The Molecular Biology of Membranes" was held in New Orleans in honor of Professor David E. Green, whose many contributions in mitochondrial structure and metabolism have influenced...
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  • The Genetics of Aging The Genetics of Aging
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    The Genetics of Aging

    The Genetics of Aging is divided into several sections in an attempt to provide a logical progression from the level of the genome to the realm of human genetics. The relationship between the genetic material and aging will be...
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  • Environmental Dynamics of Pesticides Environmental Dynamics of Pesticides
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    Environmental Dynamics of Pesticides

    Pesticides have played a significant role in increasing food production, and in view of growing worldwide food demand we can expect the use of these chemicals to increase. However, some of them have found their way into the...
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  • Computers in Chemical Education and Research Computers in Chemical Education and Research
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    Computers in Chemical Education and Research

    The impact of computers on all rea1ms of Chemistry has been one of the most important factors in the deve10pment of this science during the last years. In recognition of this fact, in 1971, the "First International Conference...
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  • Food, Man, and Society Food, Man, and Society
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    Food, Man, and Society

    The papers contained in this volume were presented at the third meeting of the International Organization for the Study of Human Development, held in Madrid on September 21-24, 1975. The primary objective of the Organization is...
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  • Basic Limbic System Anatomy of the Rat Basic Limbic System Anatomy of the Rat
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    Basic Limbic System Anatomy of the Rat

    If this were a traditional textbook of neuroanatomy, many pages would be devoted to a description of the ascending and descending pathways of the spinal cord and several chapters to the organization of the sensory and motor...
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  • Fiber in Human Nutrition Fiber in Human Nutrition
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    Fiber in Human Nutrition

    The editors have designed this book to serve both as a textbook on fiber in nutrition and, we hope, as the first complete reference on the subject. For the past 25 years, the study of plant fibers and their effect on human...
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  • Biological Roles of Sialic Acid Biological Roles of Sialic Acid
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    Biological Roles of Sialic Acid

    There is a startling amount of research activity concerning the role of sialic acid in mammalian cells and in the mammalian organism. One may discern in the early literature premonitions of compounds containing sialic acid,...
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