Ciba Foundation Symposium - Isotopes in Biochemistry

Copyright © 1951 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Isotopes in Biochemistry

Editor(s): G. E. W. Wolstenholme

Published Online: 27 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780470714683

Online ISBN: 9780470715161

DOI: 10.1002/9780470715161

About this Book

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xv)

    1. Chapter 1

      Chairman's Opening Remarks (pages 1–3)

      A. S. McFarlane

  3. Part I: Steroids

    1. Chapter 2

      Metabolísm of 14C-Lábelled Steroids (pages 4–13)

      C. P. Leblond

    2. Chapter 3

      High Cholesterol Content of Human Spleen (pages 14–16)

      Karl Bernhard

    3. Chapter 4

      The Biosynthesis of Radioactive Cholesterol by Surviving Liver Slices (pages 17–27)

      Samuel Gurin and Roscoe O. Brady

    4. Chapter 5

      Studies with Deuterium Steroids (pages 28–40)

      T. F. Gallagher

  4. Part II: Hæmoglobin and Metabolic Derivatives

    1. Chapter 6

      The Biosynthetic Mechanism of Porphyrin Formation (pages 41–67)

      David Shemin and Jonathan Wittenberg

    2. Chapter 7

      Studies on Mammalian Red Cells (pages 68–85)

      A. Neubergeb

    3. Chapter 8

      Preliminary Investigations for a Study of Energy Utilized by the Surviving Fowl Erythrocyte in Hæm Synthesis (pages 86–89)

      C. Rimington

    4. Chapter 9

      Iron Metabolism in Pathological Conditions (pages 90–95)

      A. Vannotti

  5. Part III: Use of Tracers in the Study of Biological Effects of Radiation

    1. Chapter 10

      The Modification of X-Ray Sensitivity by Chemicals (pages 96–113)

      Alexander Hollaender, G. E. Stapleton and W. T. Burnett

    2. Chapter 11

      Effect of X-Rays on Nucleic Acid and Protein Synthesis in the Jensen Rat Sarcoma (pages 114–121)

      Barbara E. Holmes

    3. Chapter 12

      Radiation Dose in Tracer Experiments Involving Autoradiography (pages 122–137)

      S. R. Pelc

    4. Chapter 13

      Synthesis of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid and Nuclear Incorporation of 35S as Shown by Autoradiographs (pages 138–151)

      Alma Howard and S. R. Pelc

  6. Part IV: Nucleic Acids

    1. Chapter 14

      The Biosynthesis of Pyrimidines in vitro (pages 152–163)

      D. Wright Wilson

    2. Chapter 15

      Studies with Organic- and Bio-Synthetic Nucleosides and Nucleotides (pages 164–174)

      G. B. Brown

    3. Chapter 16

      The use of Radiophosphorus in the Study of the Nucleic Acids (pages 175–183)

      J. N. Davidson

    4. Chapter 17

      Rate of Synthesis and Quantitative Variations of the Ribonucleic Acid During the Growth of a Culture of Polytomella Coeca (pages 184–189)

      R. Jeener

  7. Part V: Proteins and Amino-Acids

    1. Chapter 18

      A Method for the Evaluation of the Rate of Protein Synthesis in Man (pages 190–202)

      D. Rittenberg

    2. Chapter 19

      Turnover Rates During Formation of Proteins and Polynucleotides in Regenerating Tissues (pages 203–212)

      E. Hammarsten

    3. Chapter 20

      Synthesis of Phenylalanine and Tyrosine in Yeast (pages 213–226)

      Konrad Bloch

  8. Part VI: Carbohydrate and Fatty Acid Metabolism

    1. Chapter 21

      A Study of Acetone Metabolism Using Glycogen and Serine as Indicators, and the Role of C1-Compounds in Metabolism (pages 227–245)

      Harland G. Wood

    2. Chapter 22

      Asymmetric Citric Acid (pages 246–257)

      Charles Heidelberger and Van R. Potter

    3. Chapter 23

      Mode of Formation of Fatty Acids from Acetate and Glucose as Studied in the Mammary Gland (pages 258–284)

      G. Popják

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      Index (pages 285–288)

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