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Methods in enzymology, vol. 179, complex carbohydrates
BOOK working with recombinant DNA procedures should own these volumes because they are not only well put together, but represent one of the most up-to-date manuals. No manual of this nature can be fully comprehensive. Other texts and other manuals are necessary for some of the procedures, or for alternative approaches, not covered here. Such volumes as the “Current Protocols in Molecular Biology” are kept upto-date by periodic additions and alterations added to their loose-leaf notebook format and could provide other useful techniques. In general, “Current Protocols” does not seem to present the background discussion as thoroughly and relies more heavily on the protocols themselves. Other texts, such as the “Guide to Molecular Cloning Techniques,” are perhaps laid out in an even simpler form for the nov-
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ice and also supply a somewhat different selection of protocols, but could not be considered as fully up-to-date and comprehensive as these volumes. In summary, I highly recommend this latest version of “Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual.” It should be a great aid to the novice, and the expert as well, and should continue to foster the widespread use of molecular genetics. PRESCOTT DEININCER Department of Biochemistry Louisiana State University Medical Center New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Briefly Noted Analysis of Nonalcoholic Beverages. AND J. F. JACKSON. Springer-Verlag,
Edited by H. F. LINSKENS Berlin, 1988.412 pp.
This is Volume 8 in the new series of Modern Methods of Plant Analysis. Aside from two short chapters on ELISA assays and on regulation in the food industry, the book goes on to cover in one or more chapters the analysis of soft drinks, fruit juices (including indexes of authenticity), tomato products, quinine beverages, coffee, tea, and cocoa. Fruit juices and the beverages containing caffeine occupy most of the book. The methods are generally sophisticated chemical analysis and many are presented in detail. Color and flavor components as well as toxic compounds are considered.
The Yeasts, Vol. 3, Metabolism and Physiology of Yeast, 2nd ed. Edited by A. H. ROSE AND J. S. HARRISON. Academic Press, London, 1989.635 pp. $65.00. The third volume of the new edition of The Yeasts is devoted to “Metabolism and Physiology of Yeasts.” The first and second volume dealt with “Biology of Yeasts” and “Yeasts and the Environment,” respectively. After the introduction, a chapter on solute transport covers both diffusion and facilitated transport. DNA replication, transcription, and translation are the subjects of the next three chapters. The part of the book dealing with metabolism then begins with an article on energy-yielding processes, including glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway, gluconeogenesis, and oxidative reactions, as well as oxidative phosphorylation. Oxidation is also the major theme of the following essay, on the metabolism of n-alkanes. In the next chapter, the utilization by yeasts of one-carbon compounds as carbon, energy, and nitrogen sources is discussed. The synthetic routes that lead to
both storage and cell wall polysaccharides erage of yeast metabolism is completed vitamins. The last subject, sporulation, to yeast physiology.
are then described. The covby two chapters on lipids and is, like the first, more related
Standard Methods: For the Examination of Water and Waste Water, 17th ed. Edited by L. S. CLESCERI, A. E. GREENBERG, AND R. R. TRUSSEL. American Public Health Association, Washington, 1989, 1644 pp. $120.00. This 1500.page, major compendium of methods for the examination of water represents the joint efforts of the American Water Works Association, the Water Pollution Control Federation, and the publisher. It is equipped with an index of 76 pages to its 10 parts: general information on methods, physical and aggregate properties, determination of metals, inorganic nonmetals, organic constituents, automation, examination for radioactivity, toxicity methods for aquatic organisms, microbiological examination, and biological examination with extensive keys to major aquatic organisms.
Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 179, Complex ited by VICTOR GINSBURG. Academic Press, pp. $80.00.
Carbohydrates. San Diego,
1989,
Ed639
This is not a volume organized around a particular feature or single group of complex carbohydrates but, rather, presents 48 articles on a variety of pertinent topics under the headings of analytical methods (13), preparations (8), carbohydrate binding proteins (8), biosynthesis (91, degradation (5), and miscellaneous (5).
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ice and also supply a somewhat different selection of protocols, but could not be considered as fully up-to-date and comprehensive as these volumes. In summary, I highly recommend this latest version of “Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual.” It should be a great aid to the novice, and the expert as well, and should continue to foster the widespread use of molecular genetics. PRESCOTT DEININCER Department of Biochemistry Louisiana State University Medical Center New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Briefly Noted Analysis of Nonalcoholic Beverages. AND J. F. JACKSON. Springer-Verlag,
Edited by H. F. LINSKENS Berlin, 1988.412 pp.
This is Volume 8 in the new series of Modern Methods of Plant Analysis. Aside from two short chapters on ELISA assays and on regulation in the food industry, the book goes on to cover in one or more chapters the analysis of soft drinks, fruit juices (including indexes of authenticity), tomato products, quinine beverages, coffee, tea, and cocoa. Fruit juices and the beverages containing caffeine occupy most of the book. The methods are generally sophisticated chemical analysis and many are presented in detail. Color and flavor components as well as toxic compounds are considered.
The Yeasts, Vol. 3, Metabolism and Physiology of Yeast, 2nd ed. Edited by A. H. ROSE AND J. S. HARRISON. Academic Press, London, 1989.635 pp. $65.00. The third volume of the new edition of The Yeasts is devoted to “Metabolism and Physiology of Yeasts.” The first and second volume dealt with “Biology of Yeasts” and “Yeasts and the Environment,” respectively. After the introduction, a chapter on solute transport covers both diffusion and facilitated transport. DNA replication, transcription, and translation are the subjects of the next three chapters. The part of the book dealing with metabolism then begins with an article on energy-yielding processes, including glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway, gluconeogenesis, and oxidative reactions, as well as oxidative phosphorylation. Oxidation is also the major theme of the following essay, on the metabolism of n-alkanes. In the next chapter, the utilization by yeasts of one-carbon compounds as carbon, energy, and nitrogen sources is discussed. The synthetic routes that lead to
both storage and cell wall polysaccharides erage of yeast metabolism is completed vitamins. The last subject, sporulation, to yeast physiology.
are then described. The covby two chapters on lipids and is, like the first, more related
Standard Methods: For the Examination of Water and Waste Water, 17th ed. Edited by L. S. CLESCERI, A. E. GREENBERG, AND R. R. TRUSSEL. American Public Health Association, Washington, 1989, 1644 pp. $120.00. This 1500.page, major compendium of methods for the examination of water represents the joint efforts of the American Water Works Association, the Water Pollution Control Federation, and the publisher. It is equipped with an index of 76 pages to its 10 parts: general information on methods, physical and aggregate properties, determination of metals, inorganic nonmetals, organic constituents, automation, examination for radioactivity, toxicity methods for aquatic organisms, microbiological examination, and biological examination with extensive keys to major aquatic organisms.
Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 179, Complex ited by VICTOR GINSBURG. Academic Press, pp. $80.00.
Carbohydrates. San Diego,
1989,
Ed639
This is not a volume organized around a particular feature or single group of complex carbohydrates but, rather, presents 48 articles on a variety of pertinent topics under the headings of analytical methods (13), preparations (8), carbohydrate binding proteins (8), biosynthesis (91, degradation (5), and miscellaneous (5).