Science and Scientists

The Long Journey.- Adventures in Coordination Chemistry.- The Role of Clay Minerals in Prebiotics Protein Synthesis.- HCN as a Possible Precursor of the Amino Acids in Lunar Samples.- A Model for Protocellular Coordination of Nucleic Acid and Protein Syntheses.- Evolution of Uphill Electron Transfer in Photosynthesis.- Antiquity of Photoautotrophy: A frontier Revisited.- Fermentations Dependent on Accessory Oxidants, and Their Significance in Biochemical Evolution.- Comparative Cytochrome c Biochemistry.- Biochemical Diversity and Evolution.- Trace Elements and the Synthesis of Acetate by Clostridium thermoaceticum.- Enzyme Classification and Nomenclature: Origin, Development, and Future Problems.- Conservation of Primary Structure at the Proteinase-Sensitive Site of Vertebrate Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphatases.- Some Aspects of the Enzymology of Pancreas and Intestine.- The Mechanism of Pepsin Action.- Specificity and Cytochemical Localization of Ribonucleases.- Regulation of Ribosome Biosynthesis: Ten Years of Study.- Is Ageing a Biochemical Problem?-On the Accuracy of Protein Biosynthesis.- tRNA-Like Structures: Possible Role of Ancestral tRNAs in Viral RNA Genome Formation.- 1H NMR Study on a Short DNA Helix in Aqueous Solution.- How Different Is Z from B?.- Cleavage with Restriction Enzymes of DNA from 39 Species of Plants and Animals.- Chromosome Replication in Bacillus subtilis and Differentiation of Rat Nervous System.- Observations on Enzyme Systems Involved in the Biodegradation of Anionic Surfactants.- Biosynthesis of Proteoglycans.- Enigma on the Function of Glycolipids and Glycoproteins.- Molecular Exploration in Unknown Metabolic Worlds.- Amino Acids and Brain Function.- ?-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA): A Major Inhibitory Transmitter in the Vertebrate NervousSystem.- Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes.- Precursors and Intermediates in Enkephalin Biosynthesis.- Endocrine Control of the Prostate.- Siderophores.- Studies with Nitrifying Bacteria Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter Using Electrode and Fluorescence Techniques.- Where There's Life There's Phosphorus.- Thermodynamics and Bioenergetics.- The Early Days of Polymer Science: Cellulose and Polypeptide.- Viscissitudes of "Tsuzumi" Complexes.- A Personal View of a Japanese Natural Products Chemist in an American Institution.- Fifty Years of Scientific Research: The Fool's Luck.- The Problem of Chemical Convergence in Secondary Metabolism.- Seed-Transmitted Crop Diseases: Diagnostics, Control, International Cooperation.- Some Personal Recollections and Reflections.- From Enzymes to Insulin and Back.- The Chemist's Magic Bullets: Selectivity as a Guiding Principle in Biomedical Research.- On the Chief Factors of Historical Evolution in Biochemistry.- Control of Differentiation Pathways-Ontogenesis of an Embryologist.- On Becoming an Exact Science.- The Development of the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry.- Organisation and Administration of Governmental Research in Israel.- Personality Factors of Major Importance for Creative Efficiency of a Scientist.- Reflections on the Art and Science of Doing Research.- You Carry Out Eukaryote Experiments on Shellfish Selfish DNA: An Essay on the Vulgarization of Molecular Biology.- The Role of University Scientists in Furthering Understanding between Peoples.- Ethics and Evolution in Boltzmann's and Einstein's Thought.- The Predominance of English and the Potential Use of Esperanto for Abstracts of Scientific Articles.- Message of Thanks.- Postscript.- Name Index.