Author(s): Cecelia M O'Connor; G E W Wolstenholme; International Union of Biological Sciences
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown
Year: 1959
Language: English
Pages: 370
BIOCHEMISTRY OF HUMAN GENETICS......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 11
Address of welcome......Page 15
Chairman’s opening remarks......Page 17
Genetical analysis in Man......Page 23
Discussion......Page 34
Biochemical genetics as illustrated by hereditary galactosaemia......Page 37
Discussion......Page 50
Cholinesterase types......Page 53
Discussion......Page 72
Genetical variation and sense perception......Page 75
Discussion......Page 90
The genetics of primaquine sensitivity of the erythrocytes......Page 93
Discussion......Page 106
Chemical and genetical units of the haemoglobin molecule......Page 113
Discussion......Page 128
The genetical control of protein structure : the abnormal human haemoglobins......Page 131
Discussion......Page 144
Short communication : Studies of foetal myoglobin......Page 161
Genetics of the plasma protein variants......Page 168
Discussion......Page 187
Biochemical aspects of the inherited variations in human serum: haptoglobins and transferrins......Page 197
Discussion......Page 212
Some immunochemical aspects of the products of the human blood group genes......Page 217
Some genetical aspects of the biosynthesis of human blood group substances......Page 240
Discussion......Page 261
Physiological genetics of human blood factors. Immunogenetics-General considerations......Page 265
Discussion......Page 284
Hereditary gamma globulin groups in Man......Page 287
Discussion......Page 297
Panel discussion on the approach by tissue culture......Page 301
The mechanism of gene action......Page 327
Discussion......Page 340
General discussion......Page 345
