Cellular Degradative Processes

Front Matter....Pages 1-6 The nature and significance of degradative processes....Pages 7-15 Methods and problems in the study of turnover; a very brief survey....Pages 15-17 The chemistry of biological macromolecules and their degradation....Pages 17-31 Lysosomes; a specialized degradative organelle in eukaryotic cells....Pages 31-55 Characteristics of degradation in living cells....Pages 55-68 Mechanisms and control of cellular degradation....Pages 69-78 Back Matter....Pages 79-80