Role of RNA and DNA in Brain Function : A Molecular Biological Approach /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer US : Imprint: Springer,
1986.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1986. |
| Series: | Topics in the Neurosciences,
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Table of Contents:
- 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.