Chapter 14. Enzymes in the Development of Homoeostatic Mechanisms

  1. G. E. W. Wolstenholme O.B.E., M.A., M.B., M.R.C.P.,
  2. Maeve O'Connor B.A.
  1. Claude A. Villee

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470719237.ch14

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Somatic Stability in the Newly Born

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Somatic Stability in the Newly Born

How to Cite

Villee, C. A. (2008) Enzymes in the Development of Homoeostatic Mechanisms, in Ciba Foundation Symposium - Somatic Stability in the Newly Born (eds G. E. W. Wolstenholme and M. O'Connor), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470719237.ch14

Author Information

  1. Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School and the Research Laboratories of the Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 30 MAY 2008
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 1961

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470722671

Online ISBN: 9780470719237

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Keywords:

  • adenosine diphosphate;
  • enzymes;
  • energy utilization;
  • adult animal;
  • physiological changes

Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • Enzymic Changes Near Birth

  • The Process of Enzyme Induction

  • General Theory of Protein Synthesis

  • Alternative Theories of Control of Enzymic Differentiation

  • Enzymic Changes During Development

  • Enzymes in Foetal Tissues

  • Alternative Pathways of Glucose Metabolism

  • Development of Enzymes Metabolizing Amino Acids

  • Development of Enzymes Metabolizing Steroids

  • The “immaturity’ of enzymes

  • Isozymes and Isogenes

  • Summary

  • References

  • Discussion