Ejb Reviews 1995: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY (E J B Reviews)

In the mid-1980s the __European Journal of Biochemistry__ set out to publish review articles. The enterprise proved successful, resulting in high-level reviews written by well-known scientists appearing in the __Journal__. The reviews represent emerging and rapidly growing fields of research in fundamental as well as applied areas of biochemistry, such as medicine, biotechnology, agriculture and nutrition. Novel methodological and technological approaches which stimulate biochemical research are also included. The authors of the reviews are explicitly asked to be critical, selective, evaluative and interdisciplinary oriented. The reviews should encourage young scientists to think independently and creatively, and inform active investigators about the state of the art in a given field. Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Import and insertion of proteins into the mitochondrial outer membrane....Pages 1-10 Does mitogen-activated-protein kinase have a role in insulin action?....Pages 11-25 T-cell antigen receptor-induced signal-transduction pathways Activation and function of protein kinases C in T lymphocytes....Pages 27-41 Protein kinase C in the transduction of signals toward and within the cell nucleus....Pages 43-53 Signal recognition particle (SRP), a ubiquitous initiator of protein translocation....Pages 55-74 Homologous nuclear-encoded mitochondrial and cytosolic isoproteins....Pages 75-85 The MADS-box family of transcription factors....Pages 87-99 The mechanism of dinitrogen reduction by molybdenum nitrogenases....Pages 101-107 Platelet-activating factor produced by endothelial cells....Pages 109-119 The ability of actinic light to modify the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle Heterogeneity and/or photocooperativity?....Pages 121-127 The chaperonin containing t -complex polypeptide 1 (TCP-1)....Pages 129-142 The structure of ribosomal RNA: a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle....Pages 143-161 Biosynthesis and biological activities of lantibiotics with unique post-translational modifications....Pages 163-189 Ubiquitin and the enigma of intracellular protein degradation....Pages 191-220 Regulation of globin gene expression in erythroid cells....Pages 221-231 Mechanisms of nuclear signalling by vitamin D 3 ....Pages 233-243 The molecular biology of multidomain proteins....Pages 245-256 Energised (entatic) states of groups and of secondary structures in proteins and metalloproteins....Pages 257-275 Back Matter....Pages 277-282 In the mid-1980s the European Journal of Biochemistry set out to publish review articles. The enterprise proved successful resulting in high-level reviews written by well-known scientists appearing in the Journal. The reviews represent emerging and rapidly growing fields of research in fundamental as well as applied areas of biochemistry, such as medicine, biotechnology, agriculture and nutrition. Novel methodological andtechnological approaches which stimulate biochemical research are also included. The authors of the reviews are explicitly asked to be critical, selective, evaluative and interdisciplinarily oriented. The reviews should encourage young scientists toward independent and creative thinking, and inform active investigators about the state of the art in a given field.