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

• Pubblicazione: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1970
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (454 p.)
• Disciplina: 574.1/92
• Soggetto topico: Biochemistry
• Altri autori: WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward) KnightJulie
• 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Control processes in multicellular organisms
• ISBN: 9786613679451; 9781280768682; 1280768681; 9780470719725; 0470719729; 9780470717356; 0470717351
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911019101703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium.