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Record Nr.

UNISA996199374803316

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1970

ISBN

1-280-76868-1

9786613679451

0-470-71972-9

0-470-71735-1

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

574.192

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