77. 



E.R.DIRKSEN, D.M.PRESCOTT and C.F.FOX, eds. 1978. CELL REPRODUCTION: in honor 



of Daniel Mazia 



Academic Press, New York, etc. ICN-UCLA Symposia on Molec. and Cell. Biol. 



vol.12. XVIII, 711 pp., 290 figs., 49 tabs., index to contrib. , subject index. 



$ 31.00 



Contents: I. Macromolecular control in cell proliferation and growth (6 pa- 

 pers), II. Cell cycle regulation and control of growth (6), III. Control of 

 genetic expression (6), IV. Microtubule assembly in vitro and in vivo (10), 

 V. Control of fertilization phenomena (5) , VI. Chromosome movement and the 

 mitotic apparatus (10), VII. Control of cell division and cell cleavage (8), 

 VIII. Structural and molecular basis of cell movement (5), IX. The differ- 

 entiated cell (4) 



This symposium was held in March 1978; all participants were former and 

 present associates of Professor D. Mazia and colleagues working in related 

 areas. This lends some unity to the book, which otherwise is extremely varied 

 in content. Apart from a few medium- length general talks and reviews most 

 contributions are brief research or progress reports of work recently per- 

 formed on a large variety of dividing cells. Of the 33 contributing authors 

 and groups two thirds are American, the remainder coming from seven other 

 countries. The discussions are not recorded. 



The book is entirely devoted to cellular processes; proliferation at the 

 tissue level is not considered. There are many interesting findings as well 

 as some stimulating speculation in the book, but its varied nature defies a 

 brief listing (see table of contents above) . Developmental biologists will be 

 particularly interested in the numerous papers on fertilisation and early 

 cleavage (predominantly in the sea urchin) . 



The book is well produced from ready copy and the numerous photographs are 

 well reproduced. 



78. 



M.ERRERA, ed. 1979. FRANCQUI COLLOQUIUM ON DIFFERENTIATION 



Springer, Berlin, etc. Differentiation vol.13, no.l. 69 pp., 11 figs., 



2 tabs. 



Contents: 1. Differentiation in lower eukaryotes (3 papers), 2. Embryonic 

 development (5), 3. Chromatin and gene structure (5), 4. Immunology and 

 cell recognition (5), 5. Expression of differentiation and cancer (4) 



Most of the contributions in this symposium report are abstracts or brief 

 summaries, and those who keep abreast with the primary literature will per- 

 haps not find much in them that is new. However, newcomers to the field will 

 find many pointers to very recent developments, and the references appended 

 to most contributions will further point the way. 



79. 



P.GUERRIER and M.MOREAU, eds. 1978. MEMBRANE CELL REGULATION 



Soc. Francaise de Microsc. Electr., Paris. Biol. Cellul. vol.32, no.l. 



IV, 174 pp., 58 figs., 14 tabs., author and subject indexes. Ffr.80.00 (paper) 



Contents: I. Receptors and membrane functions (5 papers), II. Theoretical 

 approaches (2) , III. Membrane calcium and cyclic AMP (6) , IV. Membrane and 

 cell division (7), V. Membrane in development (5) 



This symposium took place at Roscoff, France in December 1977 and was at- 

 tended by researchers from several European countries (13 groups from France 

 and Belgium) and the U.S.A. The 29 papers are mostly brief research reports 

 or reviews of recent research; some are no more than abstracts; two are in 

 French. No discussions are recorded. 



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