32 MOLECULAR-GENETIC MECHANISMS 



IN DEVELOPMENT 

 1968 

 By Zh. A. Medvedev Publishing House "Meditsina" 



268 pp., 107 figs., 5 tbs. Moscow 



Contents: 1. Elementary processes in morphogenesis: biosynthesis of information-macro- 

 molecules; biochemical mechanisms of genetic information transfer; 2. Molecular-genetic me- 

 chanisms of reproduction and morphogenesis in viruses; 3. Molecular-genetic mechanisms of 

 morphogenesis and intercellular biochemical differentiation of monochromosomal bacterial 

 cells; 4. Molecular-genetic cybernetic systems in morphogenesis and differentiation of multi- 

 cellular organisms. The molecular structure of the nuclear chromosomes and structural-bio- 

 chemical features of genetic and functional differentiation of chromosomes; 5. Biochemical 

 realisation of the genetic program of morphogenesis. Changes in proteins and nucleic acids 

 in differentiative and developmental processes; 6. Chromosomal proteins and their role in the 

 regulation of the selective activity of genes in differentiation processes and in specialised cells; 

 7. Induction of the differential activity of genes by cytoplasmic and chromosomal factors and 

 its role in general morphogenetic organization; 8. Molecular mechanisms of the programming 

 of morphogenesis and differentiation. Theoretical analysis 



This book is written in Russian and is announced only briefly. The author's 

 earlier book "Protein biosynthesis and problems of heredity, development 

 and ageing" was published in English translation in 1966 (see review in 

 Gen. Embryol. Inf. Serv. 12, 1967). The translated chapter headings given 

 above sufficiently characterize the contents of the present book. The bock 

 is well illustrated. Each chapter has its own bibliography; a relatively small 

 proportion of the references are in Russian, but most of these are recent to 

 very recent. 



33 THE LOSS AND RESTORATION OF REGENERATIVE 



CAPACITY IN ANIMAL TISSUES AND ORGANS 



1968 

 By L. V. Polezhaev Publishing House "Nauka" 



326 pp.. 123 figs., 1 tb. Moscow 



This book is written in Russian and is announced only briefly. It is in 

 three parts, viz. a theoretical introduction on regeneration generally, a part 

 discussing experimental research on the restoration of regenerative capacity 

 in a variety of animals, organs, and tissues, and a part presenting general 

 conclusions (including chapters on immunity and on neoplastic development). 

 The bibliography covers 37 pages and contains about 60 % Russian titles, 

 many of which are recent to very recent. 



34 BIOCHIMIA DEZVOLTARII EMBRIONARE 



LA VERTEBRATE 

 (Developmental biochemistry of the vertebrate embryo) 



1969 

 By V. Preda Academiei Republicii 



274 pp. Socialiste Romania 



Bucuresti 



This book is written in Rumanian and is announced only briefly. The 

 author is Professor of Biology at the Medical-pharmaceutical Institute in 

 Cluj. The first five chapters deal in a systematic way with the biochemistry 

 of various classes of substances during embryonic development in all verte- 

 brate classes. The following substances are discussed: carbohydrates, lipids, 

 nucleic acids, proteins, and enzymes. Other major chapters are devoted to 



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