PrefaceAcknowledgmentsThe Ninth Arne Tiselius Memorial Lecture Plasma Cell Tumors of Man and MouseSection A. Evolution of Proteins A.l. Immunoglobulins Evolutionary Studies of Immunoglobulin Protein and Nucleic Acid Sequences Structure, Function, and Evolution of Human Immunoglobulins Early Evolution of the Antibody Domain Rabbit Antibody VL-Region Amino Acid Sequences Identification of J-Segments, an a Gene Interaction Model Characterization of a Reptilian Macro-globulin Antibody A.2. Fibrinogen The Evolution of Vertebrate Fibrinogen Fibrinogen Evolution: Intra- and Inter-species Comparisons Human Fibrinogen: Sequence, Sulfur Bridges, Glycosylation and Some Structural Variants A.3. Heme Proteins Mode, Tempo, and Role of Natural Selection in the Evolution of Heme Proteins On the Evolution of Bacterial Cytochromes C Cytochromes C of Two Different Sequence Classes in Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Partial Amino Acid Sequence of Pig heart Left Ventricular Myosin Light Chain L27 Caiman Crocodylus Hemoglobin-Structure and Activity A.4. Metal Binding Protein Internal Duplication in the Structure of Human Ceruloplasmin The Relationship of the Small Blue Proteins with the Copper-Containing Oxidases Comparative Studies of Ferritins Calcium-binding Proteins: From Diversification of Structure to Diversification of Function A.5. Proteases Evolution of Haptoglobin and the Serine Proteases Partial Sequence Comparison Between Human, Bovine and Porcine Plasminogen Low Molecular Weight Protease Comparison of the Amino Acid Composition of Tryptic Peptides Between Calamary and Rabbit Muscle Aldolase Crayfish Trypsin: Missing Link Between Procaryote and Mammalian Serine proteases Mouse NGF y-Subunit and Crab Collagenase: Two Serine Proteases of Unusual Function A.6. Protease Inhibitors Evolution of the Family of Serine Proteinase Inhibitors Homologous to Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor (Kazal) Homology of a-Antitrypsin and Antithrombin-III Identification of Active Sites A.7. Ribonuclease The Molecular Evolution of Mammalian Pancreatic Ribonuclease Ribonuclease Variation Within the Species A.8. Various Proteins Complete Primary Structure of the Hemagglutinin from Two Different Strains of Influenza A Type Virus a-Lactalbumin: Studies of the Binding Site for Galactosyltransferase Evolutionary Diversity in the Structure and Activity of Carbonic Anhydrase Mutations Affecting the Structure of the Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Drosophila Melanogaster Trends in the Molecular Evolution of a-Crystalline Insulin-related Growth Factors Pseudo-oligomer Theory to Explain Evolution of Soluble Proteins and their Binding to Receptors On the Origin and Relation of Human Seminal Plasma Proteins to Plasma Proteins Identification of Reptilian Complement Component C3 Comparative Molecular Aspects of the Chicken Major Histocompatibility Complex Coded AlloantigensSection B. Molecular Biology of Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis B.l.