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Camp. Biochem. fhysiol. Vol. 102A. No. 4, pp. 791-792, 1992 Printed in Great Britain
0 1992 Pergamon Press Ltd
BOOK REVIEWS New Trends in Bioloejcal Chemistry. In honour of Professor Kunio Yagi on the occasion of his 70th birthday-Edited by T. OZAWA. 381 pp. 1991. Japanese Scientific Societies Press, Springer Verlag, Berlin. DM 186. This Festschrift series of reviews deals with; beta oxidation; alpha, beta, dehydrogenation; FAD synthetase; 2D-NMR of flavodoxin; molybdenum centers in enzymes; phosphomonoesterases; glutathione deficiency; flexibility of enzyme sites; cryotechniques; apocytochrome; Q gated proton pump of mitochondrial bcl complex; cytochrome cl; photoreceptors; valinomycin; ubiquinones; oxidative phosphorylation; peptide biosynthesis; lipid peroxidases in aging; pressure stability of oligomeric enzymes; origin of milk proteins; carrier catalysis; calcium regulation of muscle contraction; transport in yeast cells; retinoids; dietary k&ins; impaired cohagen maturity in wound healing; alpha tocopheroxy radicals; serine hydroxymethyltransferase; long lasting analgesia and sleep-wake regulation by prostaglandins.
Essays in Biochemistry-Edited by K. TIPTON.Volume 26. 124 pp. 1991. Portland Press, London. Paperback 02.50. The essays in this volume are: the biochemistry of memory; tubulin and microtubules; plant signal perception and transduction-the role of the phosphoinositide system; artificial cell adhesive proteins; the urea cycle-a two component system; antibody engineering; ecstasy-towards an understanding of the biochemical basis of NMDA; structure and function of ribonuclease A binding subsites and metabolic studies using 13C NMR spectroscopy. Interesting and readable reviews.
Frokaryotic Structure and Function, a New Perspective. Symposium No. 47 of the Society for General MicrobiologyEdited by A. MOHAN,C. Dow and J. A. COLES.440 pp. 1992. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. f60, $120. The topics reviewed are: evolution of gene and genome structure; protein HV and bacterial DNA supercoiling; the replicon hypothesis; storage polymers; genetics of bacterial cell division; comparison of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell cycles; envelope growth in E. co&; bacteria1 transport systems; bacterial intracytoplasmic membranes; compartmentalised gene expression during B. subtilis sporulation; the periplasm; cynanobacteria multicellularity; cellcell interactions during fruiting body development of Myxococcus and differentiation in actinomycetes.
Edition. By J. CHAYENand L. BITENSKY.32Opp, 1991. John Wiley, Chichester. f45.
idase, phosphorylase, carbonic anhydrase, aryl sulphatases, decarboxylases, oxidases, peroxidases, dehydrogenases, NADPH-diaphorase, transhydrogenases). The methods have been brought up to date in this new edition and the authors have tested them for reliability.
Mechanisms in Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and tbe Complement System-By TORBENHALKIER.462 pp. 1991. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. E60, $105. This book provides an excellent survey of a very complex subject. It deals with: Coagulation (contact activation, Factor XII, Factor XI, prekallikrein, kininogen, Factor IX, Factor X, Factor VIII, prothrombin, Factor V, Factor VII, fibrinogen, Factor XIII, antithrombin III, protein C, protein S, Factors Va and VIIIa). Fibrinolysis (plasminogen, apoliprotein a, urokinase, PA, plasminogen). Complement system (Cl, Clq, Clr, Cls, C2, C3, C4, Factor D, Factor B, MAC, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, Cl inhibitor, anaphylatoxins, complement receptors 1, 2, 3). Special topics (the kinin system, glycolysation, signal peptides, amino acid-residues, coagulation active surfaces, haemostasis, integrins, serpins, evolutionary considerations}. This complicated system helps maintain the balance between bleeding or clotting.
Homan Cytokines. Handbook for Basic and CllnicaI ResearcI+Edited by B. AGGARWALand J. U. GUTTERMAN. 441 pp. 1991. Blackwell Scientific ~bli~tions, Boston. f39.50. The cytokines are the chemicals that cells use to communicate with each other. Through recombinant DNA technology, many cytokines are available in a highly pure form and have gone from “clone to the clinic”. The structure of the receptors for some cytokines have been elucidated. Soluble forms of these receptors appear to act as cytokine antagonists. Growth factors and receptors that are expressed in a deregulated manner can become oncogenic. This book gives the facts on: alpha, beta and gamma interferons; interleukins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; colony stimulating factor 1; granulocyte CSF, granulocytemacrophage CSF, leukemia inhibitory factor; tumor necrosis factor; lymphotoxin; platelet derived growth factor; fibroblast growth factors; vascular endothelial cell growth factor; epidermal growth factor; erythropoietin; transforming growth factor-beta and other cytokines.
Practical ~~~~~s~-2nd
Ultra Low Doses-Edited by C. ~U~PUI~. 1991. Taylor and Francis, London. E29.50.
Practical details are provided for a wide range of techniques from section cutting: incubation of sections; methods of quantification; common histological stains; analysis of chemical components of cells and tissues (proteins, nucleic acids and polyphosphates, polysaccharides, lipids, minor components); enzyme histochemistry (phosphatases, S-nucleotidase, ATPases, phosphamid~e, esterases, lipases, proteases, glucuron-
162~~.
Ultra low doses of chemicals and carcinogens in the picomol range have been applied to the treatment of gastro-intestinal problems; lymphatics; tumor drug resistance; platelet aggregation; renal dysfunction; neurotrophil metabolism and adhesion; basophil degranulation and hemodialysis cramps. 791
Camp. Biochem. fhysiol. Vol. 102A. No. 4, pp. 791-792, 1992 Printed in Great Britain
0 1992 Pergamon Press Ltd
BOOK REVIEWS New Trends in Bioloejcal Chemistry. In honour of Professor Kunio Yagi on the occasion of his 70th birthday-Edited by T. OZAWA. 381 pp. 1991. Japanese Scientific Societies Press, Springer Verlag, Berlin. DM 186. This Festschrift series of reviews deals with; beta oxidation; alpha, beta, dehydrogenation; FAD synthetase; 2D-NMR of flavodoxin; molybdenum centers in enzymes; phosphomonoesterases; glutathione deficiency; flexibility of enzyme sites; cryotechniques; apocytochrome; Q gated proton pump of mitochondrial bcl complex; cytochrome cl; photoreceptors; valinomycin; ubiquinones; oxidative phosphorylation; peptide biosynthesis; lipid peroxidases in aging; pressure stability of oligomeric enzymes; origin of milk proteins; carrier catalysis; calcium regulation of muscle contraction; transport in yeast cells; retinoids; dietary k&ins; impaired cohagen maturity in wound healing; alpha tocopheroxy radicals; serine hydroxymethyltransferase; long lasting analgesia and sleep-wake regulation by prostaglandins.
Essays in Biochemistry-Edited by K. TIPTON.Volume 26. 124 pp. 1991. Portland Press, London. Paperback 02.50. The essays in this volume are: the biochemistry of memory; tubulin and microtubules; plant signal perception and transduction-the role of the phosphoinositide system; artificial cell adhesive proteins; the urea cycle-a two component system; antibody engineering; ecstasy-towards an understanding of the biochemical basis of NMDA; structure and function of ribonuclease A binding subsites and metabolic studies using 13C NMR spectroscopy. Interesting and readable reviews.
Frokaryotic Structure and Function, a New Perspective. Symposium No. 47 of the Society for General MicrobiologyEdited by A. MOHAN,C. Dow and J. A. COLES.440 pp. 1992. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. f60, $120. The topics reviewed are: evolution of gene and genome structure; protein HV and bacterial DNA supercoiling; the replicon hypothesis; storage polymers; genetics of bacterial cell division; comparison of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell cycles; envelope growth in E. co&; bacteria1 transport systems; bacterial intracytoplasmic membranes; compartmentalised gene expression during B. subtilis sporulation; the periplasm; cynanobacteria multicellularity; cellcell interactions during fruiting body development of Myxococcus and differentiation in actinomycetes.
Edition. By J. CHAYENand L. BITENSKY.32Opp, 1991. John Wiley, Chichester. f45.
idase, phosphorylase, carbonic anhydrase, aryl sulphatases, decarboxylases, oxidases, peroxidases, dehydrogenases, NADPH-diaphorase, transhydrogenases). The methods have been brought up to date in this new edition and the authors have tested them for reliability.
Mechanisms in Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and tbe Complement System-By TORBENHALKIER.462 pp. 1991. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. E60, $105. This book provides an excellent survey of a very complex subject. It deals with: Coagulation (contact activation, Factor XII, Factor XI, prekallikrein, kininogen, Factor IX, Factor X, Factor VIII, prothrombin, Factor V, Factor VII, fibrinogen, Factor XIII, antithrombin III, protein C, protein S, Factors Va and VIIIa). Fibrinolysis (plasminogen, apoliprotein a, urokinase, PA, plasminogen). Complement system (Cl, Clq, Clr, Cls, C2, C3, C4, Factor D, Factor B, MAC, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, Cl inhibitor, anaphylatoxins, complement receptors 1, 2, 3). Special topics (the kinin system, glycolysation, signal peptides, amino acid-residues, coagulation active surfaces, haemostasis, integrins, serpins, evolutionary considerations}. This complicated system helps maintain the balance between bleeding or clotting.
Homan Cytokines. Handbook for Basic and CllnicaI ResearcI+Edited by B. AGGARWALand J. U. GUTTERMAN. 441 pp. 1991. Blackwell Scientific ~bli~tions, Boston. f39.50. The cytokines are the chemicals that cells use to communicate with each other. Through recombinant DNA technology, many cytokines are available in a highly pure form and have gone from “clone to the clinic”. The structure of the receptors for some cytokines have been elucidated. Soluble forms of these receptors appear to act as cytokine antagonists. Growth factors and receptors that are expressed in a deregulated manner can become oncogenic. This book gives the facts on: alpha, beta and gamma interferons; interleukins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; colony stimulating factor 1; granulocyte CSF, granulocytemacrophage CSF, leukemia inhibitory factor; tumor necrosis factor; lymphotoxin; platelet derived growth factor; fibroblast growth factors; vascular endothelial cell growth factor; epidermal growth factor; erythropoietin; transforming growth factor-beta and other cytokines.
Practical ~~~~~s~-2nd
Ultra Low Doses-Edited by C. ~U~PUI~. 1991. Taylor and Francis, London. E29.50.
Practical details are provided for a wide range of techniques from section cutting: incubation of sections; methods of quantification; common histological stains; analysis of chemical components of cells and tissues (proteins, nucleic acids and polyphosphates, polysaccharides, lipids, minor components); enzyme histochemistry (phosphatases, S-nucleotidase, ATPases, phosphamid~e, esterases, lipases, proteases, glucuron-
162~~.
Ultra low doses of chemicals and carcinogens in the picomol range have been applied to the treatment of gastro-intestinal problems; lymphatics; tumor drug resistance; platelet aggregation; renal dysfunction; neurotrophil metabolism and adhesion; basophil degranulation and hemodialysis cramps. 791