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Books received

C. Ball (Ed.): Genetics and Breeding of Industrial

Microorganisms. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1984, 203 pp. ($72.00). ISBN O-8493-5672-5.

(Historical introduction; Streptomycetes; Bacilli; Pseudomonads; miscellaneous bacteria; yeasts; fil- amentous fungi).

R.F. Beers Jr. and E.G. Bassett (Eds.): Cell Fusion:

Gene Transfer and Transformation (Miles Interna- tional Symposium Series No. 14). Raven Press, New York, 1984, xvi + 421 pp. ($49.50). ISBN 0-89004- 941-6.

(Haploid cell fusion; parasexual approaches to genetic organization and function; plant cell fusion; monoclonal antibodies).

R.M. Chanock and R.A. Lerner (Eds.): Modern

Approaches to Vaccines - Molecular and Chemical

Basis of Virus Virulence and Immunogenicity. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1984, xxv + 457 pp. ($52.00). ISBN 0-87969- 165-4.

(Virus structure and function; chemistry of virus neutralization; cloning and expression of viral genes; attenuation of virulence; enhancement of antigeni- city and immunogenicity).

W. Crueger and A. Crueger: Biotechnology: A

Textbook of Industrial Microbiology. Sinauer Asso- ciates, Sunderland, MA, 1984, x + 308 pp. ($28.95). ISBN 0-87893-126-O.

(Screening for new metabolites; strain develop- ment; substrates for industrial fermentation; meth- ods of large-scale fermentation; product recovery; organic feedstocks produced by fermentation; orga- nic acids; amino acids; nucleosides, nucleotides, and related compounds; enzymes; vitamins; anti- biotics; ergot alkaloids; microbial transformations; single-cell protein (SCP); newer approaches to sew- age treatment; leaching; extracellular polysaccha-

rides; other fermentation processes and future pros- pects).

M.S. Esposito (Ed.): Yeast Molecular Biology -

Recombinant DNA. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1984, xix + 164 pp. ($35.00). ISBN 0-8155-0987-l.

(Chromosome structure, replication and assort- ment; gene regulation, transposons, and secretion; recombination and repair; mating type: cell type control and mating physiology, control of silent cas- settes and mating interconversion).

C.K. Mathews, E.M. Kutter, G. Mosig and P.B. Berget: Bacteriophage T4. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 1983, x + 409 pp. ISBN O-914826-56-5.

(Structure and initiation of infection; enzymes and proteins of DNA metabolism; DNA metabolism in vivo; transcription; processing and translation; morphogenesis; structure, organization, and man- ipulation of the genome; complexities of T4 genes, gene products, and gene product interactions; ap- pendix: T4 genes and gene products (G. Mosig)).

V. Ore1 and A. Matalova (Eds.): Gregor Mendel and

the Foundation of Genetics (Proceedings of the Symposium, The Past, Present and Future of Ge- netics: Part one, held in Kuparovice, August 26-28, 1982; Part two, held in Bmo, Czechoslovakia, August 30 to September 1,1982). The Mendelianum of the Moravian Museum, Bmo, 1983, 368 pp., pa- perback.

(Intellectual background of Mendel’s research; structure of the discovery; character of the discov- erer; late appraisal of the discovery).

M. Pronin (Ed.): Telegen Document Sourcehook:

1983 in Retrospect. Telegen Annual Review Vol. 2,

0378-l 119/84/$03.00 0 1984 Elsevier Science Publishers

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Nos. 1-12. EIC/Intelligence, New York, 1984, viii + 55 pp. ISBN 0-89947-030-O.

(A digest and key to the literature, events, and discoveries that shaped biotechnology in 1983: over- view of key breakthroughs and issues; list of bio- technology firms; abstracts of papers and articles dealing with issues, economics and policy, applica- tions, and research in biotechnology).

M. Pronin (Ed.): Telegen Index and Yearbook: 1983 in Retrospect. Telegen Annual Review Vol. 2. EIC/Intelligence, New York, 1984, x + 397 pp. ISBN o-89947-029-7.

(Companion volume to the Telegen Document Sourcebook: over 3500 citations to the summaries in the Sourcebook, indexed by source, subject, industry (SIC), code, geography and author; list of patents granted during the year, new books, conferences, and review articles; summary of the year’s biotech- nology progress from perspectives of U. S. policy and regulation, research, and applications).

A.K. Roy and J.H. Clark (Eds.): Gene Regulation by Steroid Hormones II (Proceedings of the Second Meadowbrook Conference). Springer-Verlag, Ber- lin, 1983, xiii + 353 pp. (DM 174.00; $69.10). ISBN 3-540-90784-X.

(Gene structure and evolution; effects of steroid hormones on chicken oviduct chromatin; estrogen receptor regulation of vitellogenin gene transcription and chromatin structure; ecdysterone, ecdysterone receptor, and chromosome puffs; ecdysteroid effects on the cell cycle of Drosophila melanogaster cells; structure and function of growth hormone; mecha- nism of extinction of growth hormone and prolactin genes in somatic cell hybrids; mechanism of gluco- corticoid hormone action; corticosteroid binder IB ; functional analysis of the glucocorticoid receptor by limited proteolysis; the DNA-binding domain of the chicken progesterone receptor A subunit; immuno- chemistry of estrogen receptor; central and periph- eral estrogen targets; biological role of Type II es- trogen-binding sites and steroid hormone action; hormone receptors and the nuclear matrix; alpha- protein - a marker for androgen action in the rat ventral prostate; how changes in cytosol and nuclear androgen receptors relate to the testosterone re-

sponses; modulation of androgen action in rat liver by thyroid and peptide hormones; a new class of 5x-reductase inhibitors).

W. Saenger: Principles of Nucleic Acid Structure. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1984, xx t 556 pp. (DM 79.00, $29.50; paperback). ISBN 3-540- 90761-0.

(Definition of terms for nucleic acids; X-ray crys- tallography, potential energy calculations, and spec- troscopy; structures and conformational properties of bases, furanose sugars, and phosphate groups; physical properties of nucleotides; hydrogen bond- ing and base stacking; modified nucleosides and nucleoside, nucleoside di- and triphosphates, coenzymes and antibiotics; metal ion binding; poly- morphism of DNA versus structural conservation of RNA; RNA structure; DNA structure; left-handed, complementary double helices; synthetic homopol- ymer nucleic acid structures; hypothetical models of DNA structure; stereochemistry of tRNA; inter- calation; water and nucleic acids; protein-nucleic acid interaction; higher organization of DNA).

T. Scott and M. Brewer (Eds.): Concise Encyclo- pedia of Biochemistry. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1983, iv t 518 pp. (DM 59.00; $29.90). ISBN 3-11- 007860-0.

(Complete formulas of biochemical compounds, properties and biochemical pathways).

T.J. Silhavy, M.L. Berman and L.W. Enquist: Expe- riments with Gene Fusions. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1984, xv t 303 pp. ($40.00, paperback). ISBN O-87969-163-8.

(Fourteen experiments; nine phage 1 techniques; three Pl techniques; four gene fusion techniques; eight mutagenesis protocols; five DNA preparation methods; seven cloning protocols; three DNA trans- fer protocols; twelve DNA biochemistry techniques; three protein biochemistry techniques; sixteen ap- pendices; lists of bacterial strains and bacteriopha-

ges).

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D. Soll and R.J. Roberts (Eds.): The Applications of Computers to Research on Nucleic Acids II - Parts 1 and 2. IRL Press, Oxford, 1984, 430 pp. each volume (f30.00; $60.00; paperback set). ISBN o-904147-59-2 (set).

(Various computer programs for the analysis of nucleic acids).

J.D. Watson, J. Tooze and D.T. Kurtz: Recombi- nant DNA - A Short Course. Scientific American Books, distributed by W.H. Freeman & Co., New York, 1983, xiii + 260 pp. ISBN O-7167-1483-3 (cloth); ISBN O-7167-1484-1 (paperback).

(Establishing the role of genes within cells; DNA is the primary genetic material; elucidation of the genetic code; the genetic elements that control gene

expression; methods of creating recombinant DNA molecules; the isolation of cloned genes; the unex- pected complexity of eukaryotic genes; in vitro muta- genesis; rearranging germ-line DNA segments to form antibody genes; tumor viruses; movable genes; experimentally controlled introduction of DNA into yeast cells; genetic engineering of plants by using crown gall plasmids; transferring genes into mam- malian cells; viral vectors; introduction of foreign genes into fertilized mouse eggs; recombinant DNA and genetic diseases; the science used in the recom- binant DNA industry; recombinant DNA dateline; Appendices A and B, enzymes used in recombinant DNA research).

Prepared by Elizabeth H. Szybalski.