Role of RNA and DNA in Brain Function : A Molecular Biological Approach - Giuditta, Antonio; Zomzely-Neurath, Claire; Kaplan, Barry B.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1986)
I. Brain Gene Products -- 1. A Comparative Study of the Diversity of Gene Expression in Brain -- 2. Messenger RNA in the Brain -- 3. Gene Expression in the Mammalian Brain -- 4. Expression of Brain-Specific Proteins -- 5. Messenger RNA is Present in the Axoplasm of Squid Giant Axons -- II. Cloning and Expression of Brain Genes -- 6. Molecular Genetics of Tyrosine Hydroxylase -- 7. Analysis of Synapsin I and G-Substrate Gene Expression by cDNA Cloning and in situ Hybridization Histochemistry -- 8. The Expression of Microtubule Proteins During the Development of the Nervous System -- 9. Regulation of Expression of the Human Proenkephalin Gene in Heterologous Cell Systems -- 10. The Regulation of Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression by Estrogen in the Rat Hypothalamus -- III. The Molecular Biology of Neurological Diseases -- 11. DNA Analysis of Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies -- 12. Genetic Analysis of the Fragile X-Mental Retardation Syndrome with Polymorphic DNA Markers -- 13. Brain Messenger RNA in Alzheimer's Disease -- 14. The Effect of Trisomy-21 (Down's Syndrome) on Brain Transcription -- IV. Brain DNA -- A. Neuronal Chromatin Structure and DNA Content -- 15. Neuronal Chromatin During Development -- 16. Post-Translational Modifications of Chromosomal Proteins in Neuronal and Glial Nuclei from Developing Rat Brain -- 17. DNA Content in Neurons -- B. Enzymes Related to DNA Metabolism -- 18. Enzymology of DNA Replication and Repair in Brain -- 19. Brain Dnases and their Functional Importance -- 20. Polyadp-Ribose Polymerase and ADP-Ribosylation Reaction -- C. DNA Turnover -- 21. DNA Synthesis and Cell Number Homeostasis in the Brain -- 22. Brain DNA Changes During Learning -- 23. Role of DNA in Brain Information Processing -- V. Special Lecture -- 24. RNA and Learning -- VI. Posters -- 25. Molecular Genetics of the Nerve Cell Adhesion Molecule N-Cam: Evidence for Multiple, Developmentally Regulated, MRNA Species -- 26. The Characterization of Cdnas Encoding Brain-Specific and Ubiquitous MRNA by Hybrid-Selected Translation -- 27. Opioid Peptide Precursors in the Amphibian xenopus Laevis -- 28. Sensitive Hybridization Techniques as Powerful Tools in Molecular Genetics to Identify Brain-Specific Gene Products -- 29. Molecular Cloning and Nucleotide Sequences of cDNA and Genomic DNA for the Rat Brain S-100 Protein -- Author Index.
Keywords: Neurosciences; Neurosciences