Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology
Academic Press
Published on 16. June 1972
229 pages
978-0-08-086300-9 (ISBN)
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Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology
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James Norman Davidson | W.E. Cohn
Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology: v. 12
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03/1972
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- Cover
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Symbols
- Some Articles Planned for Future Volumes
- Erratum
- Chapter 1. Ultraviolet Photochemistry as a Probe of Polyribonucleotide Conformation
- I. Introduction
- II. Mono- and Dinucleotides
- III. Single-Stranded Polyribonucleotides
- IV. Multistranded Helical Polyribonucleotides
- V. Modified Nucleotides in RNA
- VI. Structure-Function Relationships in RNA
- VII. Conclusion
- Addendum
- References
- Chapter 2. Some Recent Developments in DNA Enzymology
- I. Introduction
- II. Separation of Polymerase and Nuclease Activities in DNA Polymerase I
- III. Function of DNA Polymerase I
- IV. Membrane and Permeable Cell Systems for DNA Synthesis
- V. E. coli DNA Polymerase II
- VI. RNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase
- VII. Function of DNA Ligase
- VIII. T4 Gene 32 Protein
- IX. ? Protein
- X. Bidirectional Replication
- References
- Chapter 3. Minor Components in Transfer RNA: Their Characterization, Location, and Function
- I. Introduction
- II. General Method for Detection of Minor Components in tRNA
- III. Minor Nucleosides Located in the First Position of the Anticodon
- IV. Minor Nucleosides Located Adjacent to the Anticodon
- V. Minor Nucleosides Located in Other Regions of tRNA
- VI. General Remarks on the Location-Function Relationships of Minor Components
- VII. Future Problems on Minor Components of tRNA
- References
- Note Added in Proof
- Chapter 4. The Mechanism of Aminoacylation of Transfer RNA
- I. Introduction and Historical Background
- II. The Amino Acid: tRNA Ligases (AMP)
- III. Substrate Specificity
- lV. The Mechanism of the Reaction
- V. Loose Ends
- VI. Summary
- References
- Notes Added in Proof
- Chapter 5. Regulation of RNA Synthesis
- I. Introduction
- II. The Transcribing Enzyme and Its Initiation Factor Sigma
- III. Auxiliary Factors
- IV. The Repressor
- V. The Promoter
- VI. Posttranscriptional Processing
- VII. Programmed Transcription
- VIII. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. The Poly(dA-dT) of Crab
- I. Introduction
- ll. Methodology
- lll. Occurrence in Nature
- lV. Composition
- V. Enzymes
- VI. Comparison with Other Satellites and Physiological Significance
- References
- Chapter 7. The Chemical Synthesis and the Biochemical Properties of Peptidyl- tRNA
- I. Introduction
- II. The Synthesis of Oligopeptidyl-tRNA
- III. Peptidyl-tRNA Hydrolase
- IV. Binding of Peptidyl-tRNA to Ribosomes
- V. Column Chromatography of Peptidyl-tRNA
- VI. Summary
- References
- index
- Contents of Previous Volumes
