Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• The Polymorphism of DNA.
• I. Introduction.
• II. A Summary of the Principles of DNA X-Ray Diffraction.
• III. Generalities of DNA Transitions.
• IV. B-like Structures.
• V. The A Form.
• VI. C-like Structures.
• VII. Polynucleotide Polymorphism.
• VIII. New Conformations of AT-rich DNA.
• IX. Biological Relevance.
• References.
• Regulation of Bacteriophage T4 Gene Expression.
• II. The Genetic Map of Coliphage T4.
• III. Resolution of the Early and Late Classes of T4- specific RNA.
• IV. Resolution of the Quasi-late RNA.
• V. Immediate-early and Delayed-early RNAs.
• VI. Transcription of the Prereplicative Genes of Bacteriophage T4: The Read-through Mechanism.
• VII. Delayed-early Promoters.
• VIII. The Interrelationship between Translation and Elongation of Chains from Immediate-early Promoters.
• IX. Requirements for True-late Transcription.
• X. Transcription of the Quasi-late Genes.
• XI. Turn-off of Early Gene Expression.
• XII. T4-specific Modifications of DNA-dependent RNA Polymerase.
• XIII. T4-specific Modification of the Host Translational Machinery.
• XIV. Expression of the Endolysin Gene of Phage T4.
• Defective Bacteriophages: The Phage Taillike Particles.
• II. Structure.
• III. Production.
• IV. Bactericidal Activity.
• V. Evolution.
• VI. Conclusions.
• The Genesis of Multicellular Organization and the Control of Gene Expression in Diotyostelium discoideum.
• II. The Migrating Slug.
• III. Cell Association as an Initiator of Gene Expression.
• IV. c-AMP, c-AMPsites, and the Morphogenetic Field of D. discoideum.
• Isoprenoids and Bacteriorhodopsin in Halobacteria.
• II. General Features of Halobacteria.
• III. Biosynthesis of Isoprenoid Compounds.
• IV. The Purple Membrane and Bacteriorhodopsin.
• V. The Photochemical Cycle in Bacteriorhodopsin.
• VI. Function of Bacteriorhodopsin in the Halobacterial Cell.
• VII. Biosynthesis of Bacteriorhodopsin and the Purple Membrane.
• Inhibitors of DNA Synthesis in RNA Tumor Viruses: Biological Implications and Their Mode of Action.
• II. Requirements for DNA Synthesis by RNA Tumor Viruses.
• III. Inhibition of Oncogenesis by RNA Tumor Viruses.
• IV. Conclusion and Future Prospects.
• Adenosine as a Physiological Regulator of Coronary Blood Flow.
• II. Control of Adenosine Production in Mammalian Heart.
• III. Regulation of the Size of Cardiac Adenosine Pool.
• IV. Adenosine Relaxation of Coronary Smooth Muscle.
• V. Summary.