Biochemistry

"e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis - 1988"e; - contains selected contributions on modern protein- analytical techniques as presented by speakers at the Seventh International Conference on "e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis"e;, held from July 3rd to July 8th, 1988 in Berlin.

If you want practical information on how to use this book please refer to "e;Note to the Readers"e; p.

Cellular glycoconjugates and their specific receptors, e.

Biological membranes are often effected by diseases.

In July, 1988, more than 300 scientists from 29 different countries gathered at Tiibingen, W.

The development of a new antiarrhythmic drug involves many people with disparate skills.

Wood as found in trees and bushes was of primary importance to ancient humans in their struggle to control their environment.

Elektrophoretische Trennmethoden sind seit vielen Jahren ein nicht mehr wegzudenkender Bestandteil der analytischen Verfahren in den Bereichen Analytische Chemie, Klinische Chemie, Lebensmittelchemie, Medizin, Biologie, Pharmakologie.

The organic chemist is rarely satisfied by a simple "e;explanation"e; of the reactivity of organic molecules.

The role of electrical signalling in the control of endocrine secretions by the brain has been clear for many years.

The synthetic chemistry of carbohydrates has advanced at a scarcely equalled rate in the last 25 years, due to the great interest of biologically active natural products coritaining sugar moieties.

Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology provides comprehensive, integrated reviews giving sound, critical, and provocative summaries of our present knowledge in environmental and comparative physiology, from the molecular to the organismic level.

Biotechnological processes often require the use of immobilized biocatalysts.

The manual consists of two main sections.

How is growth controlled in normal cells?

I am very happy and honoured to have so many famous contrib- utors from around the world presenting their knowledge and experience in this book, including Dr.

This book contains the contributions to an European symposium on "e;Trace Elements in Environmental History"e;, held from June 24th to 26th at GCittingen, FRG.

After the pioneering studies by Ussing and co-workers, studies of epithelial Nael transport have come a long way.

Starting in 1986, the European School of Oncology has expanded its activities in post- graduate teaching, which consisted mainly of traditional disease-orientated courses, by promoting new educational initiatives.

Growth of immobilized cells can be viewed as an alternative to growth of free cells in many instances.

"e;Immunopharmacology"e; , why not "e;pharmacoimmunology"e;?

Many individual aspects of the dynamics and assembly of biological membranes have been studied in great detail.

The picture on the following page is being reproduced here, at the request of the partici- pants in the Advanced Research Workshop "e;Amino Acid Availability and Brain Function in Health and Disease"e;.

Major progresses in the study of the cellular and molecular basis of synaptic transmission of nerve cells are highlighted.

Radiation induces a variety of chemical processes in biological tissues.

The Nato Advanced Research Workshop on Plant Hormone Receptors was held at the Physik Zentrum in Bad Honnef near Bonn, August 18-22, 1986.

Pathophysiologische Zusammenhänge bilden die Grundlage für das Verständnis einer Krankheit.

There is no doubt about the importance of hydration in many areas of every day life, technology, biology, medicine, science etc.

Molecular biology has provided a tool with which problems in cellular differentiation can be answered.

Recent economic trends, especially the worldwide decline in oil prices, and an altered political climate in the United States have combined to bring about major reductions in research on renewable energy resources.

Catecholamines are important transmitter substances in the autonomic and central nervous systems.

Procedures for extracting or refining sensitive substances using dense gases have been developed for numerous purposes.

Cholesterol is essential for normal cellular function.

Membrane bioenergetics is one of the most rapidly growing areas within physico-chemical biology.

In the past decade a most interesting story of the role played by the small nuclear RNPs, catalysts in RNA processing, has unfolded.

The idea of Professors Bolis and Gilles to gather together for a 3 days' meeting in the splendid environment of Crans-Montana in Switzerland a limited number of people around the subject of calcium and calcium bind- ing proteins seemed at first particularly attractive, and when they asked me to take charge of the scientific organization of the symposium, I accepted with enthusiasm.

Competitive binding techniques such as radioimmunoassay (RIA) are widely used to measure an enormous variety of compounds in biological fluids.

Dieses Buch gibt dem Labor- und Verwaltungsleiter im Bereich der Labororganisation für die Personalbedarfsberechnung, die Kostenstellenrechnung und Kosten-Nutzen-Beurteilung und die Führung einer Laborstatistik wertvolle Hilfestellung und Anregung.

This is a collection of papers presented and discussed at the first EBSA workshop held at Saltsj6baden outside stockholm in Sweden, July 6-10, 1986.

The recent symposium and the appearance of this new book on Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism take place at a very unusual time for the development of this area.

This volume is the third of a series on Membrane Proteins and, like the pre- ceding manuals, is the result of an International Advanced Course entitled Isolation and Characterization of Membrane Proteins: Biochemical and Bio- physical Aspects sponsored by the Federation of European Biochemical So- cieties (FEBS) and the Italian Research Council (CNR).