Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology
Academic Press
Published on 2. May 1991
331 pages
978-0-08-086328-3 (ISBN)
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Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology
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- Front Cover
- Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology, Volume 40
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Abbreviations and Symbols
- Some Articles Planned For Future Volumes
- Chapter. 1 msDNA of Bacteria
- I. Structure of msDNA
- II. Synthesis of msDNA
- III. Origin of msDNA
- IV. Function of msDNA
- V. Summary
- References
- Note Added in Proof
- Chapter 2. Vertebrate Protamine Genes and the Histone-to-Protamine Replacement Reaction
- I. History
- II. Protamine Aminoacid Sequences
- III. Protamine Genes
- IV. Evolution of Protamine Genes
- V. DNA-DNA Hybridization Studies
- VI. Expression of Protamine Genes in Spermatogenesis
- VII. Transition of Nucleohistone to Nucleoprotamine
- VIII. Function of the Protamines
- IX. Future Research in the Protamine Gene Field
- References
- Chapter 3. Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Family from Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes: Structural Domains and Their Implications
- I. From Prokaryotes to Higher Eukaryotes
- II. Evolutionary Acquisition of Polyanion Binding Properties
- III. Complexes of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases in Higher
- IV. A View of the Biosynthetic Machinery in Eukaryotic Cells
- V. Conclusions and Perspectives
- References
- Chapter 4. Nucleosome Positioning: Occurrence, Mechanisms, and Functional Consequences
- I. Chromatin
- II. Detecting Nucleosome Positioning
- III. First Investigations of Positioning
- IV. In Vitro Studies of Positioning
- V. Mechanisms of Positioning Nucleosomes
- VI. Nucleosome Positioning in Vivo
- VII. Positioning and Chromatin Function
- VIII. Concluding Thoughts
- References
- Chapter 5. Specific Interaction between RNA Phage Coat Proteins and RNA
- I. E. coli RNA Bacteriophages
- II. Components of the Interaction
- III. Interaction between Coat Protein and RNA
- IV. Recognition
- V. Phage Assembly, Encapsidation, and Cooperative Binding
- VI. Hairpin Binding Proteins
- References
- Chapter 6. Superoxide Dismutases
- I. Superoxide and Superoxide Dismutases
- II. Superoxide and Oxidative DNA Damage
- III. Cellular Regulation of SOD
- IV. Epilogue
- References
- Chapter 7. Genetics of Human Alcohol-Metabolizing Enzymes
- I. Alcohol Dehydrogenase
- II. Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
- III. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 8. DNA Helicases of Escherichia coli
- I. Unwinding Reaction
- II. Replicative Helicases
- III. Repair Helicases
- IV. RecBCD Enzyme
- V. Other Helicases
- VI. Summary
- References
- Index
