36. 



S.HATANO, H.ISHIKAWA and H.SATO, eds . 1979. CELL MOTILITY: MOLECULES AND 



ORGANIZATION 



Univ. Park Press, Baltimore. XII, 596 pp., 344 figs., 28 tabs., subject 



index. £ 30.75 



This truly international conference was held in Nagoya, Japan in September 

 1978. Although its chief concern is not developmental the subject is of ob- 

 vious importance to developmental biologists. The original conference manus- 

 cripts were extended by review material and the results of the conference 

 discussions were incorporated, so that the book is useful as a reference 

 source. 



The 43 chapters are arranged in five parts as follows: Actin , myosin and 

 regulatory proteins (12 papers); Cinematographic demonstration of cell 

 motility (6) ; Cell movement (7) ; Distribution and localization (8) ; Cell 

 division (10). The six chapters of immediate erabryological interest are con- 

 fined to sea urchin eggs (cytokinesis and microvillus formation) ; their 

 authors are Mabuchi , Spudich et at., Kane, Hiramoto, Kojima and Nakashima, 

 and Mohri. 



The volume is beautifully produced and illustrated. 



37. 



N.LE DOUARIN, ed. 1979. CELL LINEAGE, STEM CELLS AND CELL DETERMINATION 

 North-Holland, Amsterdam, etc. INSERM Symposium No. 10. XVI, 378 pp., 147 

 figs., 31 tabs., index to contributors. Df 1.115.00, $ 56.00 



This international workshop was held in Seillac (France) in May 1979 and 

 publication has thus been very rapid. The resulting volume is somewhat 

 heterogeneous and some contributions seem out of place. The format of the 

 papers varies widely and very few have summaries or conclusions. Neverthe- 

 less, there is much of value in the book since all papers deal with very 

 recent work either in review form or as research reports. No discussions 

 are recorded. 



Almost all papers in the sections on Segregation of cell lines (8) , 

 Mouse teratocarcinoma(6) , and Stability of the determined state (9) are of 

 (sometimes considerable) interest to embryologists . The remaining section 

 on Blood-forming cell systems (10 papers) is somewhat difficult to assess 

 for the non-specialist. 



The book is well produced and illustrated but has no subject index. 



DEVELOPMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (see also 26,40,43) 



Symposium reports 



38. 



G.STAMATOYANNOPOULOS and A. W.NIENHUIS , eds. 1979. CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR 

 REGULATION OF HEMOGLOBIN SWITCHING 



Grune & Stratton, New York, etc. XXIII, 792 pp., 224 figs., 71 tabs., sub- 

 ject index. $' 68.50 



Contents (abridged) : A. Human fetal hemoglobin (8 papers) ; B. Physiology 

 of hemoglobin switching (4); C. Hemoglobins in early development (5); D. 

 Regulation of erythropoiesis (4); E. Hemoglobin switching in culture (6) ; 

 F. Commitment and biochemical differentiation of erythroid cells (4); G. 

 Organization of globin genes (5); H. Globin mRNA structure (4); I. Metab- 

 olism of globin mRNA (4) ; J. Control of globin gene expression (4) 



The large majority of participants and contributors in this conference, 

 held in Seattle, Wash, in June 1978, were North-Americans. Most of the 48 

 papers are brief to medium-length mixtures of review and recent research 



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