Control processes in multicellular organisms : a Ciba Foundation Symposium / / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019101703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1970
• ISBN: 9786613679451; 9781280768682; 1280768681; 9780470719725; 0470719729; 9780470717356; 0470717351
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (454 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); KnightJulie
• Disciplina: 574.1/92
• Soggetti: Biochemistry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, 17th-21st March, 1969.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTROL PROCESSES IN MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; In vitro studies of the lac operon regulatory system; Discussion; Modulation of enzyme activities by metabolites; Discussion; The expression of genetic information: a study with hybrid animal cells; Discussion; The role of cyclic AMP in certain biological control systems; Discussion; Insulin and growth hormone control of protein biosynthesis; Discussion; Mechanism of action of growth hormone and oestrogens; Discussion; Hormonal control of metamorphosis; Discussion; Intercellular control of intracellular metabolic activityDiscussion; Recent studies on the feedback control of ACTH secretion, with particular reference to the role of transcortin in pituitary-thyroid-adrenocortical interactions; Discussion; The role of the thymus gland in the hormonal regulation of host resistance; Interaction between thymus cells and bone marrow cells in response to antigenic stimulation; Discussion; ; Anticipatory mechanisms of individuals; Discussion; Antibody structure: a molecular basis for specificity and control in the immune response; Discussion; Regulatory mechanisms of cellular proliferation in a protein-deficient organismDiscussion; Subcellular fractionation techniques in the study of chemlcal transmission in the central nervous system; Discussion; Regulation of visceral activities by the central nervous system; Discussion; Some general integrative aspects of brain functlon; Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Author Index; Subject Index
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