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Practical curve fitting and data analysis; software and self-instruction for scientists and engineers
Int. J. Biochem. Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 625-626, 1993
Pergamon Press Ltd. Printed in Great Britain
BOOK REVIEWS
Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents; Second Editior+Edited by C. LIEBECQ.345 pp. 1992. Portland
cations play an important role in protein structure and function. This book deals with; the diversity of lipid modification of proteins; labelling cell proteins with radioactive fatty acids and methods for studying palmitoyl-acyl transferase; methods for studying myristoyl_CoA protein Nmyristoyl transferase; structure determination of acylated proteins; identification of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (G-PI) anchor on membrane proteins; phospholipases that degrade G-PI; biosynthesis of G-PI; analysis of G-PI; analysis of prenylated proteins; identification and characterization of lipid modified bacterial proteins.
Press, London. Paperback E18.00. This volume is published on behalf of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is a necessary reference volume for all those wishing to know the correct recommended nomenclature of amino acids, peptides, proteins, enzymes, nucleotides, nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, steroisomers, natural products, isotopically labelled compounds, terms in thermodynamics, and the citation of bibliographic references. In many cases the articles are reprints from the recommendations published in the European Journal of Biochemistry. Most laboratories will find it useful to have them collected here in an easily referable volume and know what it is to be “correct” even if writers go on sinning.
Protein Targeting; A Practical Approach-Edited
by A. I. MAGEEand T. WILEMAN. 267 pp. 1992. lRL/Oxford University Press, Oxford. Paperback E22.50.
Essay in Biochemistry, Vol. 27-Edited by K. TIPTON. 183 pp. 1992. Portland Press. London. Paperback E15.00 The topics reviewed in this volume are; proteolysis is a key process in virus replication; the biochemistry of blood clotting, the digestion of a liquid to form a solid; ubiquitin; the collagen superfamily; the repair of DNA alkylation damage by methyltransferases and glycosylases; endothefins; role for protein phosphorylation in synaptic transmission; cell death in Parkinson’s disease; wither PQQ; towards understanding C3C4 photosynthesis; biosensors, principles and practice; how groups of proteins titrate. The reviews are well written and provide an excellent interesting up to date account of their subjects.
Receptor-Ligand
NJ, U.S.A.
At last! A book plus an EZFIT floppy disc to allow curve fitting on an IBM PC. You need a graphics board (CGA, EGA or VGA) or it will run on a Hercules graphics board. The topics dealt with are: introduction to EZFIT and running the programs; least squares straight lines; weighted regression; polynomials and other linear models; interpolation; non linear regression; Gaussian; Lorentzian; Michaelis-Menten; protein ligand binding; multi-site binding; double exponentials; Poisson; deconvolution; averaging; heat capacity; Maxwell-Boltzman; Boyle temperature; Joule-Thomson coefficients; Raleigh waves; simultaneous linear equations; plotting out the results. Lipid Modifications
BC 2514-K
A
Practical
Approac&
Cell surface receptors are well-defined molecules that will specifically bind drugs, hormones, or neurotransmitters in a stochiometric manner. This book deals with: selection and synthesis of receptor specific radioligands; anti-receptor antibodies as ligands; polypeptide neurotoxins as probes for certain voltage dependent K channels; strategy and tactics in receptor-binding studies; receptor preparations for binding studies; filtration technique in in vitro radioligand binding assays for membrane bound and solubilized receptors; centrifugation binding assays; charcoal adsorption for separating bound and free radioligand; gel-filtration assays for solubilized receptors; receptor-binding kinetics; analysis and interpretation of binding equilibrium. Biological
Significance of Superantigen*Edited by B. FLEISCHER.200 pp. 1992. S. Karger, Basel, Switzerland. Swiss Fr196. DM235.
of Proteins; A Practical Approacl+
Edited by N. M. HOPPERand A. J. TURNER.290 pp. 1992. lRL/Oxford University Press, Oxford. Paperback E22.50. Many cellular and virus proteins can be modified by fatty acids, glycolipids or poly-isoprenoid moieties. Such modifi-
Interactions;
Edited by E. C. HULME.258 pp. 1992. lRL/Oxford University Press, Oxford. Paperback $50.00.
Practical Curve Fitting and Data Analysis; Software and Self-instruction for Scientists and Engineen--J. H. NCXXLE. 192 pp. 1992. Ellis Horwood/Prentice-Hall,
Substrates and products have to be transported within the cell and between cells in a specific targeted manner. This book deals with: receptor mediated endocytosis and lysosoma1 transport; membrane traffic pathways in polarized epithelial cells; sorting between exocytic pathways in PC12 cells; intracellular trafficking in fission yeast; network antibodies as tools for studying intracellular protein traffic; protein targeting to mitochondria; techniques in nuclear protein transport; in vitro reconstitution of endocytic vesical fusion; in vitro reconstitution of vesicular transport from ER to the cis Golgi in semi-intact cells; lipid modifications involved in protein targeting.
Superantigens have an extremely potent activating effect on T lymphocytes. Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 is the prototype superantigen and other are produced by S. aureus, Streptococcus pyrogenes, Mycoplasma arthriditis and by mouse mamillary tumor retrovirus. This book deals with the
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Pergamon Press Ltd. Printed in Great Britain
BOOK REVIEWS
Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents; Second Editior+Edited by C. LIEBECQ.345 pp. 1992. Portland
cations play an important role in protein structure and function. This book deals with; the diversity of lipid modification of proteins; labelling cell proteins with radioactive fatty acids and methods for studying palmitoyl-acyl transferase; methods for studying myristoyl_CoA protein Nmyristoyl transferase; structure determination of acylated proteins; identification of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (G-PI) anchor on membrane proteins; phospholipases that degrade G-PI; biosynthesis of G-PI; analysis of G-PI; analysis of prenylated proteins; identification and characterization of lipid modified bacterial proteins.
Press, London. Paperback E18.00. This volume is published on behalf of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is a necessary reference volume for all those wishing to know the correct recommended nomenclature of amino acids, peptides, proteins, enzymes, nucleotides, nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, steroisomers, natural products, isotopically labelled compounds, terms in thermodynamics, and the citation of bibliographic references. In many cases the articles are reprints from the recommendations published in the European Journal of Biochemistry. Most laboratories will find it useful to have them collected here in an easily referable volume and know what it is to be “correct” even if writers go on sinning.
Protein Targeting; A Practical Approach-Edited
by A. I. MAGEEand T. WILEMAN. 267 pp. 1992. lRL/Oxford University Press, Oxford. Paperback E22.50.
Essay in Biochemistry, Vol. 27-Edited by K. TIPTON. 183 pp. 1992. Portland Press. London. Paperback E15.00 The topics reviewed in this volume are; proteolysis is a key process in virus replication; the biochemistry of blood clotting, the digestion of a liquid to form a solid; ubiquitin; the collagen superfamily; the repair of DNA alkylation damage by methyltransferases and glycosylases; endothefins; role for protein phosphorylation in synaptic transmission; cell death in Parkinson’s disease; wither PQQ; towards understanding C3C4 photosynthesis; biosensors, principles and practice; how groups of proteins titrate. The reviews are well written and provide an excellent interesting up to date account of their subjects.
Receptor-Ligand
NJ, U.S.A.
At last! A book plus an EZFIT floppy disc to allow curve fitting on an IBM PC. You need a graphics board (CGA, EGA or VGA) or it will run on a Hercules graphics board. The topics dealt with are: introduction to EZFIT and running the programs; least squares straight lines; weighted regression; polynomials and other linear models; interpolation; non linear regression; Gaussian; Lorentzian; Michaelis-Menten; protein ligand binding; multi-site binding; double exponentials; Poisson; deconvolution; averaging; heat capacity; Maxwell-Boltzman; Boyle temperature; Joule-Thomson coefficients; Raleigh waves; simultaneous linear equations; plotting out the results. Lipid Modifications
BC 2514-K
A
Practical
Approac&
Cell surface receptors are well-defined molecules that will specifically bind drugs, hormones, or neurotransmitters in a stochiometric manner. This book deals with: selection and synthesis of receptor specific radioligands; anti-receptor antibodies as ligands; polypeptide neurotoxins as probes for certain voltage dependent K channels; strategy and tactics in receptor-binding studies; receptor preparations for binding studies; filtration technique in in vitro radioligand binding assays for membrane bound and solubilized receptors; centrifugation binding assays; charcoal adsorption for separating bound and free radioligand; gel-filtration assays for solubilized receptors; receptor-binding kinetics; analysis and interpretation of binding equilibrium. Biological
Significance of Superantigen*Edited by B. FLEISCHER.200 pp. 1992. S. Karger, Basel, Switzerland. Swiss Fr196. DM235.
of Proteins; A Practical Approacl+
Edited by N. M. HOPPERand A. J. TURNER.290 pp. 1992. lRL/Oxford University Press, Oxford. Paperback E22.50. Many cellular and virus proteins can be modified by fatty acids, glycolipids or poly-isoprenoid moieties. Such modifi-
Interactions;
Edited by E. C. HULME.258 pp. 1992. lRL/Oxford University Press, Oxford. Paperback $50.00.
Practical Curve Fitting and Data Analysis; Software and Self-instruction for Scientists and Engineen--J. H. NCXXLE. 192 pp. 1992. Ellis Horwood/Prentice-Hall,
Substrates and products have to be transported within the cell and between cells in a specific targeted manner. This book deals with: receptor mediated endocytosis and lysosoma1 transport; membrane traffic pathways in polarized epithelial cells; sorting between exocytic pathways in PC12 cells; intracellular trafficking in fission yeast; network antibodies as tools for studying intracellular protein traffic; protein targeting to mitochondria; techniques in nuclear protein transport; in vitro reconstitution of endocytic vesical fusion; in vitro reconstitution of vesicular transport from ER to the cis Golgi in semi-intact cells; lipid modifications involved in protein targeting.
Superantigens have an extremely potent activating effect on T lymphocytes. Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 is the prototype superantigen and other are produced by S. aureus, Streptococcus pyrogenes, Mycoplasma arthriditis and by mouse mamillary tumor retrovirus. This book deals with the
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