Biochemistry Books

Physical Chemistry of Cheese Texture.- 1. Overview: Cheese Chemistry and Rheology.- 2. Rheology of Reduced-Fat Mozzarella Cheese.- 3. Rheology of Reduced-Fat Cheese Containing Fat Substitute.- 4. Factors Affecting the Functional Characteristics of...

Intracellular Lipid Distribution, Transport and Sorting: A Cellbiologist's Need for Physicochemical Information; G. Van Meer, I.L. Van Genderen Biophysical Characterization of Membrane and Cytoskeletal Proteins by Sedimentation Analysis; M.B. Morris,...

Three-Dimensional Structure of Lactoferrin in Various Functional States.- Characterization of Two Kinds of Lactotransferrin (Lactoferrin) Receptors on Different Target Cells.- Primary and Three-Dimensional Structure of Lactotransferrin (Lactoferrin)...

1) Mechanism of Fe(II) Oxidation and Core Formation in Ferritin.- 2) Chemico-Physical and Functional Differences Between H and L Chains of Human Ferritin.- 3) Iron Oxidation in Sheep, Horse and Recombinant Human Apoferritins.- 4) The Transferrin Receptor...

Trends in Polymers Science and Technology: Globalization and Development of New Materials; Y. Ito. Polymers for Photonics: Novel Polymeric Composite Materials for Photonics; P.N. Prasad, et al. Polymers for Electronics: Conducting Polymers; A.G...

Can Computational Science Keep Up with Evolving Technology for Genome Mapping and Sequencing? (C.R. Cantor). Informatics and Experiments for the Human Genome Project (H. Lehrach et al.). Date Management Tools for Scientific Applications (V.M...

Regulators of the Cell Cycle: Protein Phosphorylation and the Regulation of Key Events in Oocyte and Egg Cell Cycles; J.L. Maller. Control of Cell Proliferation: Extracellular Signal-Regulated Protein Kinases 1,2, and 3; D.J. Robbins, et al. Cell...

Is There a Link between the Nature of Agents That Trigger Mast Cells and the Induction of Immunoglobulin (IG)E Synthesis?.- Immunogenetic Aspects of IgE-Mediated Responses.- Structure and Function of the Low Affinity IgE Receptor.- Characterization of...

Session I.- Breast Mucin and Associated Antigens in Diagnosis and Therapy.- Peptide Epitopes in Breast Cancer Mucins.- Does a Novel Form of the Breast Cancer Marker Protein, MUC1, Act as a Receptor Molecule that Modulates Signal Transduction?.- Cancer...

Introduction; I. Kahane. Biology of Mollicutes; J.G. Tully. Molecular Biology of Spiroplasmas; J.M. Bové. Mycoplasmas in the Human Urogenital Tract; D. Taylor-Robinson. Mycoplasma Infections of Man; H. Brunner. Mycoplasmas as Immunomodulators; Y...

Taxonomy; R.A. Samson. Physiology of Aspergillus; Z. Kozakiewicz, D. Smith. Improvement of Industrial Aspergillus Fungi; S. Ushijima. Molecular Genetics and Expression of Foreign Proteins in the Genus Aspergillus; J.R. Kinghorn, S.E. Unkles. Solid...

Pathophysiology and Analysis.- Lipid Peroxides and Related Radicals in Clinical Medicine.- Reactive Oxygen Species in Normal Physiology, Cell Injury and Phagocytosis.- Free Radical Mechanisms for Chromosomal Instability in Bloom's Syndrome.- The Analysis...

Components of Signal Transduction: The Metabolic Fates and Cellular Functions of Myoinositol; I. Batty, et al. Activation Mechanisms of Phospholipase C Isozymes; S.G. Rhee. Receptor Function and Regulation: Lysophosphatidic Acid as a Lipid Mediator;...

Brain Tryptophan Perturbation in Hepatic Encephalopathy: Implications for Effects by Neuropsychoactive Drugs in Clinical Practice; F. Bengtsson, et al. Hepatic Encephalopathy in Acute Liver Failure: Role of the Glutamate System; A. Michalak, et al...

The Nitric Oxide Signal Transduction System (F. Murad). Chemistry and Biochemistry of Nitric Oxide: Mechanisms of Mammalian Nitric Oxide Biosynthesis (P.L. Feldman et al.). Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors: Mechanisms of Action and in vivo Studies...

1. Site Directed Mutagenesis to Probe for Active Site Components of Liver Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase.- 2. Substrate Binding Pocket Structure of Human Aldehyde Dehydrogenases: A Substrate Specificity Approach.- 3. Human Class 1 Aldehyde...

The Dawning of Statistics. Statistics Becomes a Distinct Discipline. Researchers and Statisticians Come Together. The Awakening of Statistics in the United States. Clinical Trials in the United States. Designs and Analyses of Studies of Historical...

From Genomic DNA to Transcribed Sequences: Classical Approaches: Use of cDNA Selection and Evolutionarily Conserved Sequences to Isolate Transcribed Sequences from Region Xp11.21; E.N. Burright, et al. Identification of cDNAs by Direct Hybridization...

Cell Signal Transduction, Second Messengers and Protein Phosphorylation in Health and Disease (A.M. Municio). Tyrosine Phosphatases in Cell Cycle and Transformation (E.H. Fischer). Hydrolysis of Phospholipids and Activation of Protein Kinase C for ...

Physiology and Metabolism: Genetic Influences on Urinary Calcium Excretion (R.P. Holmes et al.). Oxalate Metabolism and Transport: Vectorial Oxalate Transport across a Monolayer of Renal Epithelial Cells (H. Koul et al.). Physicochemistry, ...

Development of Techniques for the Transformation of Cereals: An Assessment of Methods for the Genetic Transformation of Wheat (R.I.S. Brettell et al.). Genetic Engineering of Wheat and Barley (K. Katha et al.). Genetic Engineering of Cereal Protein ...

Symposium Presentations.- Chemotactic and Inflammatory Cytokines: CXC and CC Proteins.- Induction of Chemotactic Cytokines by Minimally Oxidized LDL.- The Immunopathology of Chemotactic Cytokines.- Receptor/ligand Interactions in the C-C Chemokine Family...

Dendritic Cells; J.M. Austyn. The Multiple Accessory Cell Concept; M. Van Rooijen. Sythetic Peptides and the Role of T-Helper Cell Determinants; M.J. Francis. Carriers for Peptides; M.J. Francis. Co-Entrapment of T-Cell and B-Cell Peptides in...

Polysaccharides: Structural Aspects of Some Functional Polysaccharides (A. Misaki). On the Relation StructureProperties of Some Polysaccharides Used in the Food Industry (M. Rinaudo). Gelation of Some Seaweed Polysacccharides (L. Piculell et al.)...

Industrial Perspectives on the Use of Dioxygen (D. Riley et al.). Metal Phosphates (A. Johnstone et al.). Electropox (T.J. Mazanec). Kinetics of Reaction of Dioxygen with Lithium Nickel Oxide, and the Role of Surface Oxygen in Oxidative Coupling of...

Lipid Structure, Domains, and Proteins: Molecular Mechanisms of Ethanol and Anesthetic Actions (C.D. Stubbs, E. Rubin). Membrane Cholesterol and Ethanol (W.G. Wood et al.). The Effects of Ethanol on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Composition (N. Salem,...

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Transport Processes and Biological Energy Transduction: Frontiers in the Mathematical Description of Biothermokinetic Phenomena (G.R. Welch). Control of Cytochrome C Oxidase (P. Nicholls). Modeling of Cell Processes ...

1 Vascular Analysis of the Carotid Body in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- 2 Role of the Carotid Sinus Nerve and of Dopamine in the Biochemical Response of Sympathetic Tissues to Long-Term Hypoxia.- 3 The Effects of Almitrine on [3H]5HT and [125I]...

Regulation of Insulin Secretion.- Impaired Glucose-Induced Insulin Secretion: Studies in Animal Models with Spontaneous NIDDM.- Perturbation of Islet Metabolism and Insulin Release in NIDDM.- Regulation of Cytoplasmic Free Ca2+ in Insulin-Secreting Cells...

Signals for Proteins Targeting into and across Membranes; G. von Heijne Insertion of Proteins into Membranes; V. Géli, H. Benedetti The Major Glycosylation Pathways of Mammalian Membranes; A. Varki, H.H. Freeze Compartments of the Early Secretory...

tRNA and AminoacyltRNA Synthetases: Charging of RNA Microhelices and Decoding Genetic Information; P. Schimmel. rRNA and mRNA: Regulation, Processing, and Assembly: Genetic Approaches to the Study of Eukaryotic Ribosomes; J.R. Warner, et al...

Peptides: Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; I. Gozes, D.E. Brenneman. Proteases for Neuropeptide Precursor Processing in Bovine Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Granules; V.Y.K. Hook, et al. Growth Factors: Gene Transfer into the Central Nervous System; D.M...

The Use of Derivatives of MSH for Targeting to Melanomas In Vivo; D.R. Bard, et al. The Development of Ricin AChain Immunotoxins for Clinical Trials in Patients with Hodgkin's Disease; A. Angert, P. Thorpe. Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from...

Mycoplasma Membranes as Models in Membrane Research; S. Razin Mycoplasma Membrane Lipids; R. Bittman Physical Studies of Lipid Organization and Dynamics in Mycoplasma Membranes; R.N. McElhaney Regulation and PhysicoChemical Properties of the Polar ...

The Epidemiological Approach to the Study of Protease Inhibitors (Fontham, Correa). In vitro Studies of Anticarcinogenic Protease Inhibitors (Kennedy). Discovery and Background of the BowmanBirk Protease Inhibitors (Bowman). Antigenicity of Soybean...

NMR Methodology for Paramagnetic Proteins; G.N. La Mar, J.S. de Ropp. Nuclear Relaxation in Paramagnetic Metalloproteins; L. Banci. Paramagnetic Relaxation of Water Protons; C.C. Lester, R.G. Bryant. Proton NMR Spectroscopy of Model Hemes; F.A...

Mechanisms of Translocation of Proteins Across Membranes; S.M. Simon, G. Blobel Components and Mechanisms Involved in Transport of Proteins into the Endoplasmic Reticulum; P. Klappa, et al. Folding, Assembly, and Post-translational Modifications of ...

Cellular Barriers: The Paracellular Pathway; M. Cereijido, et al. Ectopeptidases; N.M. Hooper. Epithelial Barriers: Macromolecular Transport Across the Intestinal Epithelium; M. Neutra, J.P. Kraehenbuhl. Oral Cavity; H.P. Merkle, G. Wolany. Vascular...

Aldehyde Dehydrogenases-The 1992 Perspective.- Metabolic Role of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase.- Effects of Aldehyde Products of Lipid Peroxidation on the Activity of Aldehyde Metabolizing Enzymes in Hepatomas.- Metabolic Interactions of 4-Hydroxynonenal,...

Modeling of Oxygen Transport to Skeletal Muscle: Blood Flow Distribution, Shunt, and Diffusion.- The Haldane Effect of Rabbit Blood Under Different Acid-Base Conditions.- Interaction of Blood Flow, Diffusive Transport and Cell Metabolism in Isovolemic...

Introductory Paper: Fungal Dimorphism (D. Kerridge). Molecular Genetics of Morphogenic Processes: Molecular Control of Conidiogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans (W.E. Timberlake). Physics and Genetic Mapping of Candida albicans (B.B. Magee et al.). Cell...

InjuryInduced Release of Excitatory Amino Acids: Excitatory Amino Acid Release after Focal Cerebral Ischemia (R. Bullock et al.). The Role of Glutamatergic Receptor in Brain Injury: Dizocilpine (MK801) in Cerebral Ischemia (R.N. Auer). The Role of...

Primary Active Transporters: A Plethora of Plant Plasmalemma Proton Pumps (M.R. Sussman). Studies on the Higher Plant CalmodulinStimulated ATPase (D.E. Evans et al.). Secondary Ion and Metabolite Transporters: ProtonSugar Cotransporters in Plants (N. ...

Importance of Laboratory Validations and Accurate Descriptions of Analytical Procedures for Drug Residues in Foods (C.J. Barnes). Incidence of Residues in Foods of Animal Origin (M.S. Brady, S.E. Katz). Radioimmunoassay of Antibiotic/Drug Residues...

The Development of the Vascular System: Embryonic Development of Blood Vessels; F. Dieterlen-Liévre, L. Pardanaud. Regulation of Embryonic Blood Vessel; H. Drexler et al.. Biology of Endothelial Cells and Angiogenesis: Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor...

Regulation of Gene Expression: Regulation of Expression of the Pea Plastocyanin Gene; J.C. Gray, et al. Import of Nuclear-Coded Proteins into Chlorplasts and Mechanism of Chloroplast Protein Translocation: Targeting of Proteins Into and Across the...