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R.C. King and W.D. Stanslield (Eds.): A Dictionary of Genetics. Third Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 1985, vi + 480 pp. ($17.95 paperback) ISBN o-19-503495-3. [Very useful compilation of most of the genetic terms, from A to Z (pp. 3-426) followed by classification of all organisms (appendix A), list of domesticated species (appendix B), chronology of major genetic discoveries from 1590 (first compound microscope by Z. and H. Janssen) to 1984, together with index of scientists, who are listed in the chronology and bibliography sections (appendix C), and a list of periodicals cited in the literature of genetics, cytology and molecular biology, a list of multijournal publishers, a list of foreign words commonly found in scientific titles, and a chart of chi2 (appendix D).]
N.R. Krieg and J.G. Holt (Eds.): Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Vol. l), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, London, 1984, xxi + 964 pp. ($82.50) ISBN o-683-04108-8 (v. 1). [ 133 contributors. A monumental first volume covering following subjects: bacterial classification; bacterial nomenclature; identification of bacteria; culture collections; kingdom Prokaryotae (Gracilicutes, Firmicutes, Tenericutes, Mendosicutes); spirochetes; aerobic, helical Gram-negative; nonmotile, curved Gram-negative; aerobic rods and cocci, Gram-negative; facultatively anaerobic rods, Gram-negative; anaerobic rods, Gram-negative; sulfate- or sulphur-reducing bacteria; anaerobic cocci, Gram-negative; rickettsias and chlamydias; mycoplasmas; endosymbionts of protozoa, fungi, insects and other invertebrates. This new volume corresponds to the ninth edition of the Bergey’ Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (the eighth edition was published in 1974).]
J. Klein: Natural History of the Major Histocompatibility Complex. A Wiley-Interscience Publication. John Wiley, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore, 1986, xiii + 775 pp. ($95.00). ISBN 0471-80953-5. [Discovery of tumor transplantation antigens; genetic organization of transplantation antigen genes; HLA complex; H2 complex; major histocompatibility complex (Mhc); gene regulation; cloning Mhc genes; DNA libraries; mapping and sequencing Mhc genes; protein studies; serological analysis; T lymphocytes; T-cells; mixed lymphocyte reaction; graft-versus-host reaction; presentation of antigens; recognition of antigens; Tc, Th and Ts cells; neuroresponsiveness; polymorphism; complement components; evolution of Mhc and of associated loci; chromosome evolution.]
A.M. Kroon (Ed.) Genes: Structure and Expression (Vol. 7 of Horizons in Biochemistry and Biophysics; E. Quagliariello and F. Palmieri, Eds.) John Wiley, New York, 1983, x + 362~~. ($49.95) ISBN O-47l-902640. (14 chapters; 25 contributors. Structure and function of nucleosomes, chromatin, ribosomal RNA and protein; regulation of protein synthesis initiation; transport of proteins ; hormonal regulation of gene expression; protein conformation; optimizing of foreign gene expression in E. coli; nucleocytoplasmic-mitochondrial interrelations; mosaic genes and assembly of proteins in mitochondria; non-universality of the genetic code.)
H. Koprowski, S. Ferrone and A. Albertini (Eds.): Biotechnology in Diagnostics. [Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Impact of Biotechnology on Diagnostics held in Rome, April 16-18, 1985.1 Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1985, ix + 326 pp. ($66.00; Dfl. 180.00). ISBN o-444-80703-9. (New approaches in hybridoma technology; monoclonal antibodies for tumor diagnostics; monoclonal antibodies and DNA probes in diagnosis of infectious diseases; molecular mechanism of disease; genetic disease probes.)
B. Lewin (Ed.) Genes, Second Edition, John Wiley, New York, 1985, xv + 716 pp. ($38.95) ISBN o-471-80789-3. (Ten parts, 38 chapters. DNA as a store of information; turning genes into proteins; producing the template; promoters; termination and antitermination; controlling prokaryotic gene expression; constitution of the eukaryotic genome; clusters of related sequences; reaching maturity: RNA processing; perpetuation of DNA; safeguarding DNA; recombination; the dynamic genome: DNA influx; engineering changes in the genome; glossary.)
R.C. King and W.D. Stanslield (Eds.): A Dictionary of Genetics. Third Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 1985, vi + 480 pp. ($17.95 paperback) ISBN o-19-503495-3. [Very useful compilation of most of the genetic terms, from A to Z (pp. 3-426) followed by classification of all organisms (appendix A), list of domesticated species (appendix B), chronology of major genetic discoveries from 1590 (first compound microscope by Z. and H. Janssen) to 1984, together with index of scientists, who are listed in the chronology and bibliography sections (appendix C), and a list of periodicals cited in the literature of genetics, cytology and molecular biology, a list of multijournal publishers, a list of foreign words commonly found in scientific titles, and a chart of chi2 (appendix D).]
N.R. Krieg and J.G. Holt (Eds.): Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Vol. l), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, London, 1984, xxi + 964 pp. ($82.50) ISBN o-683-04108-8 (v. 1). [ 133 contributors. A monumental first volume covering following subjects: bacterial classification; bacterial nomenclature; identification of bacteria; culture collections; kingdom Prokaryotae (Gracilicutes, Firmicutes, Tenericutes, Mendosicutes); spirochetes; aerobic, helical Gram-negative; nonmotile, curved Gram-negative; aerobic rods and cocci, Gram-negative; facultatively anaerobic rods, Gram-negative; anaerobic rods, Gram-negative; sulfate- or sulphur-reducing bacteria; anaerobic cocci, Gram-negative; rickettsias and chlamydias; mycoplasmas; endosymbionts of protozoa, fungi, insects and other invertebrates. This new volume corresponds to the ninth edition of the Bergey’ Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (the eighth edition was published in 1974).]
J. Klein: Natural History of the Major Histocompatibility Complex. A Wiley-Interscience Publication. John Wiley, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore, 1986, xiii + 775 pp. ($95.00). ISBN 0471-80953-5. [Discovery of tumor transplantation antigens; genetic organization of transplantation antigen genes; HLA complex; H2 complex; major histocompatibility complex (Mhc); gene regulation; cloning Mhc genes; DNA libraries; mapping and sequencing Mhc genes; protein studies; serological analysis; T lymphocytes; T-cells; mixed lymphocyte reaction; graft-versus-host reaction; presentation of antigens; recognition of antigens; Tc, Th and Ts cells; neuroresponsiveness; polymorphism; complement components; evolution of Mhc and of associated loci; chromosome evolution.]
A.M. Kroon (Ed.) Genes: Structure and Expression (Vol. 7 of Horizons in Biochemistry and Biophysics; E. Quagliariello and F. Palmieri, Eds.) John Wiley, New York, 1983, x + 362~~. ($49.95) ISBN O-47l-902640. (14 chapters; 25 contributors. Structure and function of nucleosomes, chromatin, ribosomal RNA and protein; regulation of protein synthesis initiation; transport of proteins ; hormonal regulation of gene expression; protein conformation; optimizing of foreign gene expression in E. coli; nucleocytoplasmic-mitochondrial interrelations; mosaic genes and assembly of proteins in mitochondria; non-universality of the genetic code.)
H. Koprowski, S. Ferrone and A. Albertini (Eds.): Biotechnology in Diagnostics. [Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Impact of Biotechnology on Diagnostics held in Rome, April 16-18, 1985.1 Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1985, ix + 326 pp. ($66.00; Dfl. 180.00). ISBN o-444-80703-9. (New approaches in hybridoma technology; monoclonal antibodies for tumor diagnostics; monoclonal antibodies and DNA probes in diagnosis of infectious diseases; molecular mechanism of disease; genetic disease probes.)
B. Lewin (Ed.) Genes, Second Edition, John Wiley, New York, 1985, xv + 716 pp. ($38.95) ISBN o-471-80789-3. (Ten parts, 38 chapters. DNA as a store of information; turning genes into proteins; producing the template; promoters; termination and antitermination; controlling prokaryotic gene expression; constitution of the eukaryotic genome; clusters of related sequences; reaching maturity: RNA processing; perpetuation of DNA; safeguarding DNA; recombination; the dynamic genome: DNA influx; engineering changes in the genome; glossary.)