The Meyerhof Symposium on "Molecular Bioenergetics and Macromolecular Biochemistry" took place in Heidelberg from the 5th to the 8th of July, 1970. The timing was chosen to coincide with the creation of a new chair, in the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, in memory of OTTO MEYERHOF and the location was determined by the fact that so much of MEYERHOF'S scientific work was done in Heidelberg. The historical reason for the symposium was the urgent want of many leading biochemists and physiologists active in Molecular Biology to honour the memory of one of the greatest scientists in this field and also one of the greatest biologists of the 20th century. October 1971 is the twentieth anniversary of the death of OTTO MEYERHOF and 1972 marks 50 years since he was awarded the Nobel prize (1922). With regard to the age of some of his friends and pupils it was decided the symposium to be arranged in 1970, the first of the three commemorative years.
Author(s): Otto Wieland (auth.), Professor Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Dr. med. h. c. Hans H. Weber (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1972
Language: English
Pages: 198
Tags: Life Sciences, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Biomedicine general
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Address of Welcome....Pages 1-1
Begrüßung....Pages 2-2
Otto Meyerhof — Werk und Persönlichkeit....Pages 3-13
Otto Meyerhof’s Ancestry....Pages 14-15
Einführung....Pages 17-17
Meyerhof’s Aldolase — 35 Years Later....Pages 18-29
Fettsäuresynthetase aus Hefe und verwandte Multienzymkomplexe....Pages 30-55
Role of Ribosomal Factors in Polypeptide Chain Initiation....Pages 56-75
Biosynthesis of Gramicidin S and Tyrocidine: Polypeptide Synthesis without Nucleic Acids....Pages 76-87
Einführung....Pages 89-89
Molecular Structure of the Actomyosin System in Cross-striated Muscle....Pages 90-110
Physiological Regulation of the Activity of the Actomyosin System....Pages 111-117
The Mechanism of Carcinogenesis....Pages 118-128
Einführung....Pages 129-129
Alkali-ion Carriers: Dynamics and Selectivity....Pages 130-148
The Sarcoplasmic Calcium Pump....Pages 149-171
Bioenergetics and Properties and Function of Proteins in Excitable Membranes Associated with Bioelectrogenesis....Pages 172-193
Back Matter....Pages 194-197
