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Book Reviews
not know the outcome of the subsequent attempts at reconstitution. However I know that in later years everytime I got hold of another clock or watch my mother would say ‘Here goes another one’.”
Membrane Biochemistry, a laboratory manual on transport and bioewrgetics Edited by ERNESTO CARAFOLI and GIORGIOSEMENZA.175 p. 1979. 814.90; DM 27.00 (paper-
back).
This volume lives up to the high standard of its predecessors. The Annals always provide a good survey of a subject with many of the leading research workers presenting their work. There are also lively discussions after the papers and these often provide interesting insights into the way a subject is developing and the problems that are so far unsolved. A good frontline volume.
Quantitative
problems in Biochemistry-EDwIN
A. DAWES.
6th edn. 335 p. 1980. Longman, London. f12.95. This book provides practical details of 17 experiments on membrane transport and bioenergetics. The preparation used include red blood cells, intestinal membrane vesicles, sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles, mitochondria, bacteria, chloroplasts, chromatophores and artificial membranes. There are 26 contributors and the experiments were tested at a FEBS advanced course at Zurich.
Lipoprotein structure-Edited by ANGELO M. SCANU and FRANK R. LANDSBERGER.Annals of the New York Aca-
demy of Sciences. Vol. 348. 434 p. 1980 New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 877.00. This is the published report of the meeting held on June 29th 1980. The main sections of the book are as follows: 1. Plasma lipoproteins; 2. Apoproteins; 3. Protein-lipid interactions; 4. Structure-function relationship, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins, enzymes exchange proteins and receptors; 5. Structure of plasma lipoproteins; 6. Lipoprotein models; 7. Poster session papers.
This well-known and useful book is now in its sixth edition. The author has taken the opportunity to redesign the format as well as revise the text. There is a new chapter on Membrane Bioenergetics, and the chapter on Manometry has been deleted. The chapter headings are: 1. Determination of molecular weights; 2. Acid-base relationships and electrolyte behaviour of amino acids and proteins; 3. Thermodynamics and biochemical energetics; 4. Equilibria; 5. Reaction kinetics; 6. Enzyme kinetics; 7. Optical and photometric analysis; 8. Oxidation-reduction potentials. 9. Isotopes in biochemistry; 10. Bacterial growth; 11. Membrane bioenergetics, transport system and the chemiosmotic hypothesis. The accent of the book is on understanding biochemistry and the way to solve problems in biochemistry. It does this well but the reader may feel that he is being trained or pushed up the examination hill. It could help to have a chapter on the fun of using calculators in the solving of problems and calculating a range of specific conditions. but possibly this would be another complete book.
Book Reviews
not know the outcome of the subsequent attempts at reconstitution. However I know that in later years everytime I got hold of another clock or watch my mother would say ‘Here goes another one’.”
Membrane Biochemistry, a laboratory manual on transport and bioewrgetics Edited by ERNESTO CARAFOLI and GIORGIOSEMENZA.175 p. 1979. 814.90; DM 27.00 (paper-
back).
This volume lives up to the high standard of its predecessors. The Annals always provide a good survey of a subject with many of the leading research workers presenting their work. There are also lively discussions after the papers and these often provide interesting insights into the way a subject is developing and the problems that are so far unsolved. A good frontline volume.
Quantitative
problems in Biochemistry-EDwIN
A. DAWES.
6th edn. 335 p. 1980. Longman, London. f12.95. This book provides practical details of 17 experiments on membrane transport and bioenergetics. The preparation used include red blood cells, intestinal membrane vesicles, sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles, mitochondria, bacteria, chloroplasts, chromatophores and artificial membranes. There are 26 contributors and the experiments were tested at a FEBS advanced course at Zurich.
Lipoprotein structure-Edited by ANGELO M. SCANU and FRANK R. LANDSBERGER.Annals of the New York Aca-
demy of Sciences. Vol. 348. 434 p. 1980 New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 877.00. This is the published report of the meeting held on June 29th 1980. The main sections of the book are as follows: 1. Plasma lipoproteins; 2. Apoproteins; 3. Protein-lipid interactions; 4. Structure-function relationship, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins, enzymes exchange proteins and receptors; 5. Structure of plasma lipoproteins; 6. Lipoprotein models; 7. Poster session papers.
This well-known and useful book is now in its sixth edition. The author has taken the opportunity to redesign the format as well as revise the text. There is a new chapter on Membrane Bioenergetics, and the chapter on Manometry has been deleted. The chapter headings are: 1. Determination of molecular weights; 2. Acid-base relationships and electrolyte behaviour of amino acids and proteins; 3. Thermodynamics and biochemical energetics; 4. Equilibria; 5. Reaction kinetics; 6. Enzyme kinetics; 7. Optical and photometric analysis; 8. Oxidation-reduction potentials. 9. Isotopes in biochemistry; 10. Bacterial growth; 11. Membrane bioenergetics, transport system and the chemiosmotic hypothesis. The accent of the book is on understanding biochemistry and the way to solve problems in biochemistry. It does this well but the reader may feel that he is being trained or pushed up the examination hill. It could help to have a chapter on the fun of using calculators in the solving of problems and calculating a range of specific conditions. but possibly this would be another complete book.