Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
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Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology With Contributions by J. R. Bamburg, T. L. German, F. E. Hahn G. Knudson, R. F. Marsh, J. J. O'Neill
Edited by F. E. Hahn, D. J. Kopecko W. E. G. Muller Managing Editor: F. E. Hahn
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo 1983
Professor Fred E. Hahn, Ph. D. Division of Communicable Diseases and Immunology Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Washington, D. C. 20307, USA
With 36 Figures
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-69230-7 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-69228-4 001: 10.1007/978-3-642-69228-4
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Contents
F.E. HAHN: Penicillin Until 1957 (With 11 Figures) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H.
Introduction .....•......•.•..•.••.•...••...•...•.••.... The Discovery of Penicillin ..••••......•...•...•...•... Penicillin as a Chemotherapeutic Drug ...••.••..•..•.•.. Early Studies on Mode of Action •••....••..••••..••••... Paradoxical Inhibitory Zone Phenomena ....•.•..••...•..• Morphological Changes in Bacteria ...•..•...•.•••.••••.• Bacterial Lysis by Penicillin •••••••••••...•.••.•.•••.• Interference of Penicillin with Nucleic Acid and Protein Synthesis? •.•..•.••...•...••••••••....•.•..•..••...•••• I. Park's Nucleotides ....••.....•..•.•....••.............. J. Penicillin Binding by Bacteria .••..••.••..••..•.•..••.• References .•.•.•••••..••••••.••••.•••.....••.••.•..••..
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G.B. KNUDSON: The Role of Inducible DNA Repair in W-Reactivation and Related Phenomena A. B. C. D. E. F.
Introduction ...........•••...•.........••••.•.......... Enzymatic Repair Systems in Bacteria and Their Viruses W-Reactivation and W-Mutagenesis ..••..••.••••..•••.••.. Direct and Indirect Prophage Induction •.•...••••..•.... Plasmid Mediated UV-Protection and Mutagenesis ......... Inducible "SOS"-Repair Functions ...•.•....•....••••.•.. References ••.........•••..••.•••.....•..••.••.•...•••..
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J.R. BAMBURG: Biological and Biochemical Actions of Trichothecene Mycotoxins (With 9 Figures) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J.
Introduction .......•...•••...........••.....•......•... Trichothecene Structure and Genesis ..•••..•.•.•.•.•••.. Detection of Trichothecenes •..••..
