motile and muscle and cell models
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Comp. Bioehem, Phyiol., 1974, Vol. 47B, pp. 233 to 235. Pergamon Press. Printed in Great Britain
BOOK REVIEWS
Moti le a n d Musc le a n d Cell Models . By N. I. ARRONET. 192 pp. Consultants Bureau, New York. 1973. $25.00.
THIS is a translation from the Russian monograph. It summarizes much of the earlier data on the relationship between ATP, actomyosin and the model systems. It discusses the relationship of the contractile system throughout the animal kingdom from cell division, mitochondria, chloroplasts, spermatozoa and ciliated epithelium.
Elementary Kinetics o f Membrane Carrier Transport. By K. D. NEAME & T. G. RICHARDS. 120 pp. Halsted Press. Wiley. 1972.
THIS paperback edition provides a good basis for the study of carrier transport. The headings of chapters are as follows: Diffusion; Carrier Transport; Analysis of Experimental Data; Inhibition; Multiple Carriers; Exchange Diffusion and Counter Transport; Some Experimental Aspects of the Kinetics of Transfer.
Selective Toxicity. By ADRIAN ALBERT. 5th Edition. 597 pp. Chapman and Hall and Halsted Press. Wiley. 1973. $19.75.
ALL READERS of the previous editions of this book know that it provides an interesting discussion of the relationship between chemical structure and biological function. The text is very readable and carries one along through a host of fascinating topics. Anybody who has not read this book is sure of an interesting experience.
Protein Deficiency and Pesticide Toxicity. By ELDON M. BOYD. 468 pp. Charles C. Thomas. 1972. $29.50.
MOST of the work described here concerns tests carried out on rats under conditions of protein deficiency. In this way the animals are not able to make as competent a response to a chemical challenge as normal healthy animals would do. The chemicals used to test the rats were: organo chlorines, organo phosphorous compounds, carbamates, herbicides and fungicides.
C l ln lca l Chemistry of the A d r e n a l Medul l a . By DANIEL HINGERTY ~¢ AIDAN O'BOYLE. 124 pp. Charles C. Thomas. 1972. $11.75.
AN ACCOUNT is given of the synthesis, secretion, transport, functions and metabolism of catecholamines. The biochemistry and laboratory diagnosis of catecholamine secreting tumours is considered. Stress, coronary infarction and toxaemic pregnancy are also discussed. Though the book has a clinical bias it will also be useful reading to all those interested in the adrenals.
Aspects of Human Biology. Theory Relevant to Medical Laboratory Sciences. By FRANK SPENCER. 342 pp. Butterworths, London. 1972. £6"00.
THE BOOK is designed for students reading HNC courses in Medical Laboratory Sciences, and for Fellowship exams ofthe Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology. I tshould also be useful to students taking parabiological courses. The accent is on the biochemistry of the cell with special consideration of the relations between cell division and growth, inborn errors of metabolism, genetic control, and antibody formation. The biology is mainly cellular and organic.
Age Changes in the Neuromuscular System. By E. GUTMANN & V. HANZLIKOVA. 195 pp. Scientechnica, Bristol. 1972. £6"50.
AFTER a general account of the problems of the ageing process, the authors deal with old age changes in the motoneurone; old age changes in muscle; the specificity of senile muscle atrophy; involution and atrophy in ageing; motor capacities and adaptation in the neuro- muscular system in old age; the nature of ageing in the neuromuscular system.
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