Comparative Biochemistry V7

Comparative Biochemistry: A Comprehensive Treatise, Volume VII: Supplementary Volume focuses on the processes, methodologies, and approaches involved in molecular biochemistry.

The selection first offers information on expressions of the pentose phosphate cycle, including description, criteria for the presence of the pentose phosphate cycle, chordates, segmented worms, mollusks, echinoderms, roundworms, flatworms, algae, and higher plants. The text then ponders on chitin and mucosubstances, as well as the distribution and biochemistry of chitin, molecular structure and function of chitin, and chitin in relation to mucosubstances.

The publication reviews the cellular aspects of active transport and hormones and behavior. Topics include relations between inorganic ions, sugar, amino acids, fatty acids, and bioelectric potentials; aspects of the regulation of the intracellular pool of free amino acids; hormones and permeability characteristics of living cellular membranes; and chemical nature of the structure responsible for the permeability characteristics of living membranes. The recording and measurement of behavior, role of hormones in the patterning of behavior, and hormones influencing behavior and the behavior most subject to hormonal influence and control are also discussed.

The selection is a dependable source of data for readers interested in the processes, methodologies, approaches involved in biochemistry.

Contenu

Contributors to Volume VII
Preface
Contents to Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, and VI
Phylogenetics Charts

1. Expressions of the Pentose Phosphate Cycle
   I. General Considerations
   II. Description of the Pentose Phosphate Cycle
   III. Role of the Pentose Phosphate Cycle
   IV. Brief History
   V. Criteria for the Presence of the Pentose Phosphate Cycle
   VI. Chordates
   VII. Arthropods
   VIII. Segmented Worms
   IX. Mollusks
   X. Echinoderms
   XI. Roundworms
   XII. Flatworms
   XIII. Protozoa
   XIV. Bacteria and Fungi
   XV. Algae
   XVI. Higher Plants
   XVII. Closing Remarks
   References
2. Chitin and Mucosubstances
   I. Introduction
   II. Distribution of Chitin
   III. Molecular Structure and Function of Chitin
   IV. Biochemistry of Chitin
   V. Chitin in Relation to Mucosubstances
   References
3. Cellular Aspects of Active Transport
   I. Introduction
   II. The Permeability Characteristics of a Living Membrane
   III. Cellular Differentiation and Permeability Characteristic
   IV. Relations between Inorganic Ions, Sugar, Amino Acids, Fatty Acids, and Bioelectric Potentials
   V. Some Aspects of the Regulation of the Intracellular Pool of Free Amino Acids
   VI. Hormones and Permeability Characteristics of Living Cellular Membranes
   VII. Alkaline Earths and Permeability Characteristics of Living Membranes
   VIII. Chemical Nature of the Structure Responsible for the Permeability Characteristics of Living Membranes
   IX. Conclusions
   References
   4 . The Hormones and Behavior
   I. Introduction
   II. The Hormones Influencing Behavior and the Behavior Most Subject to Hormonal Influence and Control
   III. The Recording and Measurement of Behavior
   IV. Fishes
   V. Amphibians
   VI. Reptiles
   VII. Birds
   VIII. Mammals
   IX. Role of Hormones in the Patterning of Behavior
   X. Concluding Remarks
   References
4. The Comparative Biochemistry of Antibiosis and Antibiotics
   I. General Considerations
   II. Comparative Study of Individual Antibiotics
   III. Conclusions
   References
   Author Index
   Subject Index
   Topical Subject Index-Volumes I-VII