on the embryological development of the immune system. Of the papers the 

 first seven deal with various aspects of differentiation as related to cellular 

 and biochemical specificity (role of nucleic acids, role of the nucleus, specific 

 interactions between tissues and cells, the inductive phenomenon, specificity 

 in neurogenesis and specificity of ultrastructure). Four papers deal with 

 immunobiological problems, and one with the biological specificity of isolated 

 plant cells. The last paper by Burnet is intended as a summary of the Sym- 

 posium and deals with the development of immunological reactivity in the 

 vertebrate organism. 



All papers except the last one are followed by a list of references. The book 

 is concluded by an index to authors' names. 



Participants: Albright (Oak Ridge, Term.), Auerbach (Madison, Wis.), Billingham (Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.), Brachet (Brussels), Burnet (Melbourne, Australia), Congdon (Oak Ridge, 

 Tenn.), Grobstein (Stanford, Calif.), Hamburger (St. Louis, Mo.), Herzenberg (Palo Alto, 

 Calif.), Hildebrandt (Madison, Wis.), Makinodan (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), G. and E. Moller 

 (Stockholm), Moore (New York, N.Y.), Moscona (Chicago, 111.), Prescott (Oak Ridge, 

 Tenn.), Riker (Madison, Wis.), Silvers (Philadelphia, Pa.), Talmage (Denver, Colo.), 

 Waddington (Edinburgh), Yamada (Oak Ridge, Tenn.). 



22. INDUKTION UND MORPHOGENESE 



1963 



13. Colloquium der Gesellschaft fur Springer Verlag 



Physiologische Chemie, Berlin — Gottingen — Heidelberg 



3—5 Mai 1962, Mosbach/Baden Price: DM 38.— 



245 pp., 107 figs, 

 (paper bound) 



This little volume embodies the proceedings of a Symposium organized on 

 behalf of the "Gesellschaft fur physiologische Chemie" in Mosbach, Germany, 

 in May 1962. The ten papers presented deal with a variety of subjects, their 

 common denominator being a preoccupation with biochemical mechanisms 

 acting in developing systems. The latter range from microorganisms via inver- 

 tebrate eggs and insect larvae to amphibian and chick embryos. Among the 

 specific topics discussed are the role of sulfhydryl groups in morphogenesis, 

 control of enzyme synthesis (in microorganisms), transfer of genetic informa- 

 tion, hormonal control of morphogenesis and metamorphosis (in insects), the 

 biochemistry of induction in various systems, and the general biochemistry of 

 amphibian development. All authors are authorities in their respective fields. 

 Seven of the papers are written in German, three in English (Brachet, Hal- 

 vorson et al., Holtzer). The papers are followed singly or in groups of two, 

 by group discussions held partly in German, partly in English. In these the 

 other participants in the Symposium, mostly German biochemists, also take 

 part. 



The booklet is well printed and profusely illustrated. It does not contain 

 a list of participants nor an author index. 



Contributors: Beermann (Tubingen), Brachet (Brussels), Duspiva (Heidelberg), Gorman 

 (Madison, Wis.), Halvorson (Madison, Wis.), Herman (Madison, Wis.), Holtzer (Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.), Karlson (Munchen), Lehmann (Bern), Linzen (Miinchen), Okada (Madison, 

 Wis.), Tiedemann (Heiligenberg), Weber (Bern), Zilliken (Nijmegen). 



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