Current Topics in Cellular Regulation

ContentsList of ContributorsPrefacePreface to Volume 12Hormone Receptors as Regulators of Hormone Action I. Introduction II. The Elements of the Hormonal Response III. Regulation of the Hormonal Response IV. Mechanism of the Hormonal Response V. Summary ReferencesSoluble Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases: Review of the Enzyme Isolated from Bovine Cardiac Muscle I. Introduction II. Protein Kinases III. Bovine Cardiac Muscle Protein Kinase IV. Speculation ReferencesMetabolic Control and the Microenvironment I. Introduction II. Classical Concepts of Control III. Realities of the Microenvironment IV. A Case for New Concepts and Considerations V. Areas of Metabolism Influenced by Fructose Diphosphate VI. Concluding Remarks List of Abbreviations ReferencesThe Role of Compartmentation in the Control of Glycolysis I. Introduction II. Indirect Evidence of Localization III. Theoretical Considerations IV. Studies on Individual Enzymes of Glycolysis V. Compartmentation of Metabolites VI. Pyruvate VII. Compartmentation Between Organs in Complex Animals VIII. The Uncontrollability of Glycolysis List of Abbreviations ReferencesThe Evolution of Induction Mechanisms in Bacteria: Insights Derived from the Study of the ß-Ketoadipate Pathway I. Introduction II. Induction Mechanisms III. Origins of Regulatory Genes IV. The ß-Ketoadipate Pathway V. Economy of Enzyme Synthesis VI. Unified Induction VII. Genetic Origin of the ß-Ketoadipate Pathway VIII. Natural Selection of Induction Mechanisms IX. Origin and Selection of Product Induction X. Concluding Remarks ReferencesCovalent Structural Modification of DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase as a Means for Transcriptional Control I. Introduction II. Two Different Covalent Structural Modifications of DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase After Infection with Bacteriophage T4 III. Functional Differences Between Normal, T4-Altered, and T4-Modified E. coli RNA Polymerase IV. Conclusions ReferencesSubject IndexContents of Previous Volumes