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Symposium reports
95.
L.NOVER and K.MOTHES, eds. 1977. CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN MICROORGANISMS,
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
North-Holland, Amsterdam, etc.; Fischer, Jena. 639 pp., 193 figs. Dfl.121.50,
$ 49.75
Contents: A. Specific regulation of gene expression: I. Transcription (5
papers), II. Pre-messenger RNA and its processing (2), III. Translation
(3), IV. Proteinogen processing (1), V. Protein degradation (3); B. Typical
aspects of cell differentiation: I. Programs of gene expression (4), II.
The cell division cycle (4) , III. Enzymic adaptation (3) , IV. Cell specialization
(4) , V. Biogenesis and transformation of cell organelles (6)
This truly international symposium was held in April 1976 in East Germany.
Of the 36 contributors 14 came from East and West Germany and the others
from ten other countries. Many are established authorities in their respective
fields. The papers vary greatly in format and were only minimally
edited. The large majority are surveys of recent research. The discussions
are not recorded.
The table of contents shows the very broad scope of the symposium. The organisms
on which research was reported range from viruses and bacteria
through lower to highly organised eukaryotes.
The volume is produced in offset print and is illustrated with line
drawings and photographs.
96.
J.PAPACONSTANTINOU, ed. 1976. THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF HORMONE ACTION
Academic Press, New York, etc. 34th Symposium Soc . Devi. Biol. XIV, 197 pp.,
98 figs., 12 tabs., subject index. $ 18.00, £ 11.70
Contributors: Darnell, Felsenfeld, Gannon, Gilmour, Lodish, Roeder, Towle,
Varner, Wangh
This symposium, held in June 1975, concentrated on a not strictly developmental
subject that was judged to be of great importance to developmental
biologists. The contributors were encouraged to emphasise the latest findings
of their own laboratories.
The first section of the symposium is not covered by the symposium title.
It has papers on organisation of proteins in chromatin, on the role of nonhistone
proteins and nuclear RNA polymerases, and on the formation and
translation of mRNA in mammalian and slime mould cells. The second section
deals with the action of steroid hormones in the chick oviduct, the rat pituitary
and uterus, and Xenopus liver. In these papers of course steroid
receptor molecules loom large. The last section consists of a paper on hormone
action in the barley aleurone system.
The book is well produced and illustrated.
97.
J.G.SCANDALIOS and G.S.WHITT, eds. 1977. PAPERS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM ON
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT
Springer, Berlin, etc. Differentiation, vol.9, 1/2. 130 pp., 58 figs., 43
tabs.
This special issue contains papers from a symposium dedicated to Professor
C.L.Markert and held in April 1977 at Raleigh, N.C. We mention the following
authors and subjects:
Elinson (genetics of developmental arrest in amphibian hybrids) ; Gordon
(genetics of pigmentation in allophenic mice) ; Pe'dersen and Spindle (BUdR
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