CIBA Foundation conference on isotopes in biochemistry

• Pubblicazione: London, : J & A Churchill, Ltd., 1951
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Disciplina: 574.19
• Soggetto topico: Radioisotopes in biochemistry; Biochemistry - Research
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Isotopes in Biochemistry; Foreword; Contents; Opening Address; Part I-Steroids; Metabolism of 14C-labelled steroids; High cholesterol content of human spleen; The biosynthesis of radioactive cholesterol br surviving liver slices; Studies with deuterium steroids; Part II-Hbmoglobin and Metabolic Derivatives; The biosynthetic mechanism of porphyrin formation; Studies on mammaIian red cells; Preliminary investigations for a study of energy utilized by the surviving fowl erythrocyte in hsem synthesis; Iron metabolism in pathological conditions ; Part III-Use of Tracers in the Study of Biological Effects of RadiationThe modification of X-ray sensitivity by chemicals; Effect of X-rays on nucleic acid and protein synthesis in the Jensen rat sarcoma; Radiation dose in tracer experiments involving auto-radiography; Synthesis of deoxyribose nucleic acid and nuclear incor- poration of 35S shown by autoradiographs; Part IV-Nucleic Acids; The biosynthesis of pyrimidines in vitro; Studies with organic- and bio-synthetic nucleosides and nucleotides; The use of radiophosphorus in the study of the nucleic acids ; Rate of synthesis and quantitative variations of the ribo- nucleic acid during the growth of a culture of Polytomella coecaPart V-Proteins and Amino-Acids; A method for the evaluation of the rate of protein synthesis in man; Turnover rates during formation of proteins and poly- nucleotides in regenerating tissues; Synthesis of phenylalanine and tyrosine in yeast; Part VI-Carbohydrate and Fatty Acid Metabolism; A study of acetone metabolism, using glycogen and serine as indicators, and the role of C1-compounds in metabolism; Asymmetric citric acid ; Mode of formation of fatty acids from acetate and glucose, as studied in the mammary gland
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• Titolo autorizzato: CIBA Foundation conference on isotopes in biochemistry
• ISBN: 9786611840839; 9781281840837; 1281840831; 9780470715161; 0470715162; 9780470714850; 0470714859
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911018884603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Novartis Foundation Symposia