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Volume 20 Contents January Editorial Lectins and Their Uses as Biotechnological Tools. P F Zatta and R D Cummings N—O 15th International Congress of Biochemistry, 4-8 August, 1991, Jerusalem, Israel, Symposium on Education Integration of Examinations and Education. A H Mehler Using Computers to Integrate, Consolidate and Improve Biochemical Education. B T Sewell and G R Delpierre Biochemistry Textbooks for Effective Learning. F Vella Videotapes in Biochemistry Teaching. E J Wood Chemical Rationale for the Citric Acid Cycle. P D J Weitzman Introduction to Biochemistry: A Different Approach. H B White, III Biochemistry in Khartoum. A A Dafallah A Report on Biochemical Research in Turkey. C Celik Mechanisms Leading to Complications in Diabetes Mellitus: Pathological Role of «-oxoaldehydes. M P Kalapos Brighter Bioenergetics—a Poster. B S Brown CAL in the Biochemical Laboratory. J M Carrington and M P Thompson An Elementary Geometric Property Derived from the Michaelis-Menten Equation. Relation of the Property to the Velocity Curve and Plots for Determining the Kinetic Parameters. S Kogawa and K Horiike Unsuspected Ligand Aggregation: A Key Problem in Biochemical and Biological Assays with Natural and Xenobiotic Amphipaths. K P M Heirwegh Noticeboard Experimental Section The Influence of pH on Electrophoretic Mobility, A Laboratory Investigation. S Friscia, S L Turchi and C E Hepfer Spectrophotometric Determination of Enzyme Activity: Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH). J R L Walker The Chloroplast ATP-Synthase—A Light Regulated Enzyme. P J Andralojc and D A Harris Study of Control Coefficient Profiles in Metabolic Systems by Computer Simulations: Influence of the Pathway Substrate and Negative Feedback on the Control of the System. N V T Darias A Classroom Model of the «-Helix. D Josephy Laboratory Experiments on the Actions of Digestive Enzymes. C H K Cheng Studies on Brain Monoamine Oxidase: A Laboratory Investigation in Neurochemistry for First-year Undergraduates. G P Reynolds and L M Reynolds Audiocassette Review Book Reviews Lexicon Monitor April Editorial The Importance of Thylakoid Stacking for Cyclic and Non-cyclic Electron Fluxes in Some C, Plants. J M Diez-Andres Biochemical Education in Czechoslovakia. Report on a Workshop held at the Postgraduate Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute, Prague, 29-31 May, 1991 Teaching Technical (Applied) Biochemistry. J Kas Modern Biochemical Science and Biochemical Education. Report on an IUBMB Workshop held in Izmir, Tiirkiye, 11-14 August, 1991 BioQUEST Workshop. J Maber A Strategy for Introducing Students to the Primary Literature. C E Deutch The Polymerase Chain Reaction—Already an Established Technique in Biochemistry. G E Blair and M E Blair Zajdel Haemoglobin and Cooperativity. P D Josephy Once More Round the Citric Acid Cycle. B S Brown SIGRAF: A Versatile Computer Program for Fitting Enzyme Kinetic Data. F A Leone, L Degreve and J A Baranauskas 94 Dynamic Metabolic Diagrams in Biochemistry. A J S Siqueira, JO R Remiao and A M Azevedo 97 Simplified Unifying Basis for Teaching the Applications of the Laws of Thermodynamics to Biological Systems. K M Abu-Salah 99 Biotechnology Programme at Banaras Hindu University, India. A M Kayastha and B D Singh 103 Conversion of Oxidative Energy to Reductive Power: II Contribution of Hydration to the Reductive Energy in the B-Oxidation of Fatty Acids. G Banfalvi 105 107 IUBMB Committee on Education Letters to the Editor. H B F Dixon and P N Campbell 108 Experimental Section Minireview: Isoelectric Focusing. M Prats 109 Amino Acid Titrations Using a Spreadsheet Program. R W Brosemer 111 Determination of Accessible Bed Volume of Gels by Short Column Filtration. O P Malhotra, P Prabhakar and A M Kayastha 114 A Look into Enzyme Kinetics: Some Introductory Experiments. S Tayyab and S Qamar 116 118 Microcomputer Software Reviews 119 Noticeboard 120 Book Reviews 127 Lexicon 128 Monitor July Editorial 129 Nitric Oxide and Blood Vessels: Physiological Role and Clinical Implications. A Calver, J Collier and P Vallance 130 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 83rd Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 12th February, 1992, Education Symposium Some Reflections on the State of Biochemistry Teaching. E J Wood 136 Getting the Students Involved: Overhead Projector—The Icebreaker. M Saffran 137 A Computer-Simulated ““Wet” Laboratory. B Rotman and A Butte 139 Evaluation of Student Performance for Constructive Purposes. A H Mehler 141 Emergence of Graduate Medical Schools in Australia. B C Shanley 143 An Undergraduate Biochemistry Degree Recommended by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 144 It’s Time We Replaced ‘High-Energy Phosphate Group’ With ‘Phosphoryl Group’. E A Carusi 145 Comparison of Collaborative Self, Peer and Tutor Assessment in a Biochemistry Practical. L A J Stefani 148 Biochemistry at Mercer. B Kadis and M Horst i52 Isaac Asimov, An Appreciation. B S Brown 154 An Alternative Substrate is Not the Same as a Dead End Inhibitor. I H Segel and L D Segel 155 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. P N Campbell 158 Biochemical Education in Romania. Report on a Workshop held in Bucharest, 16—20 September 1991 166 Problems Page 170 Experimental Section Instructions for Constructing a Small “Working” Model of an Allosteric Enzyme. R Swanson, E Marr and J R Wild 171 Noticeboard 173 Determination of Catalase Activity and its Inhibition by a Simple Manometric Method. J A Teixeira and M Mota 174 A Michaelis-Menten Enzyme: Time Correction Introduced for Computing Kinetic Parameters at Low Values of [S]/K,,. M Prats and F Rodriguez 176 A Simple Procedure for Purifying Polyphenol Oxidase for a Practical Biochemistry Course. A Sanchez-Ferrer and F Garcia-Carmona 178 The Polymerase Chain Reaction: Development of a Practical Illustrating its Use. Z Smith and C D O’Connor Letters to the Editor. R Bentley, R W Hanson, P D J Weitzman, C V Anand and U Anand Videotape Reviews Book Reviews Lexicon Monitor October Editorial Bacterial Glycogen and Plant Starch Biosynthesis. A A Iglesias and J Preiss A Survey of the Content of Introductory Biochemistry Courses for Different Degree Programs at Thai Universities. J Svasti and R Surarit “Ordering Biochemicals”—-A Dry Laboratory Class. G Popescu The Impact of Molecular Biology Upon Teaching and Research in Biology and Medicine in Universities. P N Campbell Conversion of Oxidation Energy to Reductive Power: III Hydrolytic Energy Conservation in Amino Acid Metabolism. G Banfalvi Ammonium Ion Excretion and Ureagenesis in Acid-Base Balance. D J McCorquodale The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology at Hyderabad: A Trend-setter. C Chakrabarti and S Shivaji Teaching by Posing Questions. A E Gubareva A Minicourse on Science and the Law in a Biochemistry Department. A Bezkorovainy Order of Reaction for Sigmoidal Curves. O P Chauhan and S Singh Experimental Section Southern Transfer and Hybridization: A Class Experiment. A S Weiss Use of an Enzyme Assay in Student Classes. E B Arias, J C Cancho, J M De Luis Gonzalez and M A G Serrano Activation and Inhibition of Grape Polyphenol Oxidase. A Sanchez-Ferrer and F Garcia-Carmona Protein Electrophoresis Using Agarose Support Matrix. L C Davis and T Heintz Letter to the Editor. P N Campbell Videotape Review Book Reviews Lexicon Monitor Title Section, Volume Contents, Subject and Author Indexes to Volume 20, 1992