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Organizational Biosynthesis

  • 1st Edition - January 1, 1967
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Henry Vogel
  • Language: English

Organizational Biosynthesis focuses on the organized biosynthesis of the bacterial chromosome and examines the fundamental aspects of this process. This book discusses the basic… Read more

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Organizational Biosynthesis focuses on the organized biosynthesis of the bacterial chromosome and examines the fundamental aspects of this process. This book discusses the basic particles of biology, which are explored in terms of organizational biosynthetic events at the molecular level. Organized into 10 parts encompassing 45 chapters, this book starts with an overview of how cellular components recognize, coordinate, and interact with each other during cellular division and genetic recombination. This text then examines the biochemical experiments with bacteria, which strongly suggest the participation of a particulate fraction. Other chapters consider the molecular basis for the physical continuity of the chromosome. This book discusses as well the result of the experiments for bacteria, which shows that DNA replication can proceed only after both template strands of the replicating molecule attach to the cell. The final chapter deals with protein biosynthesis system in mitochondria. This book is a valuable resource for biologists and biochemists.

Table of contents


List of Participants

Preface

Introductory Remarks

Opening Address: Molecular Technology

Part I Organizational DNA Synthesis

Chairman's Remarks

Particulate Fractions in Macromolecular Synthesis and Genetic Transformation

The Bacterial Chromosome as a Unit of Structure and Replication Chromosome Segregation and the Regulation of DNA Replication

Discussion of Part I

Part II Organizational DNA Synthesis

Chairman's Remarks

Coupled Regulation of Bacterial RNA and Protein Synthesis

Interdependence of Translation and Transcription in T4-Infected Escherichia coli

Discussion of Part II

Part III Protein Synthesis as Heterogeneous Process

Chairman's Remarks

Bacterial Amino Acid Polymerization

On the Problem of Autocomplementarity in Messenger RNA

Discussion of Part III

Part IV Integration of Metabolism

Chairman's Remarks

Some Interrelations of Natural Polyamines and Nucleic Acids in Growing and Virus-Infected Bacteria

Discussion of Part IV

Part V Juxtaposition Phenomena I

Chairman's Remarks

The Biosynthesis of L-Cysteine in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium by a Multifunctional Enzyme Complex

Derepression and Repression of the Histidine Operon: Sequential and Simultaneous Modes

Gene-Ribosome-Enzyme Organization in the Arginine System of Escherichia coli

Discussion of Part V

Part VI Juxtaposition Phenomena II

Chairman's Remarks

Multienzyme Complex of Fatty Acid Synthetase

The Synthesis of Amino Acids by Organized Enzyme Systems

On the Role of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in the Morphology of Neurospora

Channeling in Neurospora Metabolism

Discussion of Part VI

Part VII Membrane Synthesis and Associated Phenomena

Chairman's Remarks

The Biogenesis of Intracellular Membranes

Invertase Biosynthesis and the Yeast Cell Membrane

Control of Membrane Differentiation and Quantum Conversion Efficiency in Chloroplasts

Discussion of Part VII

Part VIII Chloroplast Synthesis

Chairman's Remarks

Aspects of Chloroplast Assembly

The Nucleic Acids Associated with the Chloroplasts of Euglena gracilis and Their Role in Protein Synthesis

Discussion of Part VIII

Part IX Ribosome Synthesis

Chairman's Remarks

Taking the Ribosome Apart and Putting it Back Together Again

Structure and Function of Ribosomes and Subribosomal Particles

The Preparation of Protein Depleted Particles from Rat Liver Ribosomes

Discussion of Part IX

Part X Mitochondrion Synthesis

Chairman's Remarks

Genetic Control, Function, and Assembly of a Structural Protein in Neurospora

Circularity and Other Properties of Mitochondrial DNA a of Animal Cells

Discussion of Part X

Author Index

Subject Index

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  • Edition: 1
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  • Published: December 2, 2012
  • Language: English

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