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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019351103321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation Symposium jointly with the International Union of Biological Sciences on biochemistry of human genetics / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Cecilia M. O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., 1959

ISBN

9786613679413

9781280768644

1280768649

9780470719152

047071915X

9780470716656

0470716657

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposia

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorCecilia M <1927-> (Cecilia Mary)

Disciplina

575.1

Soggetti

Human genetics

Biochemical genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BIOCHEMISTRY OF HUMAN GENETICS; CONTENTS; Address of welcome; Chairman's opening remarks; Genetical analysis in Man; Discussion; Biochemical genetics as illustrated by hereditary galactosaemia; Discussion; Cholinesterase types; Discussion; Genetical variation and sense perception; Discussion; The genetics of primaquine sensitivity of the erythrocytes; Discussion; Chemical and genetical units of the haemoglobin molecule; Discussion; The genetical control of protein structure : the abnormal human haemoglobins; Discussion; Short communication : Studies of foetal myoglobin

Genetics of the plasma protein variantsDiscussion; Biochemical aspects of the inherited variations in human serum: haptoglobins and transferrins; Discussion; Some immunochemical aspects of the products of the human blood group genes; Some genetical aspects of the biosynthesis of human blood group substances; Discussion;



Physiological genetics of human blood factors. Immunogenetics-General considerations; Discussion; Hereditary gamma globulin groups in Man; Discussion; Panel discussion on the approach by tissue culture; The mechanism of gene action; Discussion; General discussion

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.