Table Of ContentVolume 24 Contents
January
Editorial
Report of Meeting on Perceptions of Biochemistry by the Public, the Press and the Politicians. J K Candlish
N—_O
Appropriate Transfer of Molecular Technology to Latin America for Public Health and Biomedical Sciences.
E Harris, A Belli and N Agabian
Peer Tutoring: Can Medical Students Teach Biochemistry? M Carroll
Teaching the Urea Cycle. M B Patil and N V Shastri
Erratum
Stoichiometry of the Water Molecules in Glucose Oxidation Revisited: Inorganic Phosphate Plays a Unique
Role as Water in Substrate-Level Phosphorylation. K Horiike, R Miura, T Ishida and M Nozaki
Learning What it Means to be a Biochemist: Case Study of a Tutorial on Glycolysis. J Ryder and J T Leach
The Use of Michaelis-Menten Kinetics in Cell Biology and Physiology Teaching Laboratories. R Sorensen and
N Novak
Proposal for a New Regional Organization of Biochemists in Africa. The Federation of African Biochemical
Societies
Book Review in Brief
Straightening Out the Stereochemical Numbering System. V A Mezl
Features Section
Computer Aided Learning. G R Parslow
The Old Technology Still Works...
Use of Graphics Workstations to Illustrate Protein and Nucleic Acid Structure. A Description of Three
Modelling Experiments Carried out by Second-year Undergraduates. C E Sansom, D A Waller and
A J Geddes
Problem-based Learning. C A Smith
Theoretical Support for the Existence of a Sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase Involved in Chloroplast
Photosynthesis Pathway. F Cadet
Announcement
Book Review
Addressing Content in Problem-based Courses: The Learning Issue Matrix. H B White, III
Videotape Review
Biotechnology Education. R O Jenkins
Book Review
The Biotechnology Internship Programmes: The Role of Industry in Manpower Training in Hong Kong.
J C Tsang, D C Cheung, K Wong and Y L Lo
Experimental Section
Use of Monoclonal Antibodies in ELISA Assays. J M Johnston, S K Rathmell, M R Wilson and
S B Easterbrook-Smith
An Experiment on the Denaturation of «-Chymotrypsin by an Anionic Surfactant, Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
(SDS). V H Mulimani and J Lalitha
A Laboratory Class Experiment Illustrating Basic Principles of DNA cloning and Molecular Biology
Techniques. J A Perez-Pons and E Querol
An Assay Procedure for Determining the Rate of an Enzyme Reaction Lacking an Optical Signal: Validity of
Coupled Enzyme Assays. O P Malhotra, P K Ambasht, P Prabhakar, A K Lal and A M Kayastha
The Role of Molecular Biology in Characterisation of «-Thalassaemia. J Howarth, H Waters, K Hyde, S Heath,
C Bottrill and J Richards
Letters to the Editor
Book Reviews
Obituary
Lexicon
Monitor
April
Editorial 77
Features Section
Problem-based Learning. C A Smith 77
Biochemistry in Marine Biotechnology. C Alvarez and D Carillo 78
How Much Biochemistry should a Good Doctor Know? B H Moreland 79
How Much Biochemistry should a Medical Student be Taught?—The Viewpoint of the General
Medical Council. R D Cohen 80
How Much Biochemistry should a Good Doctor Know? A Biochemist’s Viewpoint. E J Wood 82
How Much Biochemistry should a Good Doctor Know? An Educationalist’s Perspective. R Dennick
ill
A New Medical Curriculum at Leicester. T M Harrison
The Manchester Medical Programme. K Burdett 90
The New Medical Curriculum at Liverpool University. J Smith 91
Current Position of UK Medical Schools with Respect to Curriculum Changes. B Moreland 92
What is Life? An Extended Review of a Recent Book by L Morgulis and D Sagan. F Vella 94
A Different Approach to the Teaching of Biological Chemistry to Veterinary Medicine Students.
V A Rivarola, J R Bergesse and M B Garcia 96
The Use of False Statement-type Questions in Biochemistry Tests. A S Gupthar 98
Using One’s Hands for Naming Optical Isomers and Other Stereochemical Positions. V A Mezl 99
The Steady State Hypothesis in Complex Biological Systems. S Llesuy and E A Lissi 102
Simple and Direct Derivation of Steady-state Rate Equations for Enzyme Catalysed Reactions
Involving Two Substrates and Two Products. I G Darvey 106
Computer Aided Learning. G R Parslow 109
Respiratory Control Ratio: A Computer Simulation of Oxidative Phosphorylation. J D Morton,
M F Barnes and R F Zyskowski 110
Biotechnology Education. R O Jenkins 112
Biotechnology and Environmental Management. T Hector 112
Books on Biotechnology 114
Experimental Section
Restriction Mapping and Gene Analysis. M Simsek 117
Plastic Atomic-Molecular Models—A Key to Stereochemical Structures. R-H Mikelsaar 120
Letter to the Editor 124
Videotape Reviews 125
Book Reviews 126
Lexicon 128
Monitor 129
July
Editorial 131
Laboratory Work in Biochemical Education: Purpose and Practice. E J Wood 132
Alternative Modes of Organising Biochemical Laboratory Work. G McKenzie 137
Computer Mediated Learning in Laboratory Classes. F Pamula, G J Wigmore and J F Wheldrake 141
Students’ Bibliographic Research: .Competition Enhances Results. N Engel, G Stekolschik,
F Mendive and S Baranzini 143
The Calvin Cycle: a Metabolic Pathway Still Misunderstood. J G Pereto 147
The UFPE MSc Biochemistry Programme in Northeastern Brazil. LC B B Coelho and A M F Souza 149
Minireview: Genetic and Pathophysiological Aspects of Serum Transferrin. N Kilic¢, A S Warsy
and M A F El-Hazmi 151
Report: Second International Course on Molecular Biology Approaches for the Study of
Plant—Microbe Interactions 153
Features Section
Problem-based Learning. C A Smith 154
Thermal Denaturation of an Enzyme—Choice of a Model. C Robert and F Cadet 154
The Inhibition of Studies on Polyphenoloxidase by Cysteine. C Robert and F Cadet 157
Computer Aided Learning. G R Parslow 160
RME/AGEE a Computer Tool for Restriction Enzyme Mapping Training. G lIazzetti and
R A Calogero 160
Biotechnology Education. R O Jenkins 164
Constraints to the Implementation of Distance Learning Programmes in Biotechnology and Related
Disciplines for Conventional Universities. C K Leach and R O Jenkins 165
Lexicon 169
Erratum 169
Experimental Section
Zymography of Extracellular Matrix Proteases. A R Quesada, I Fajardo, D Rodriguez-Agudo,
J M Pachon and M A Medina 170
The Shapes of Scatchard Plots for Systems with Two Sets of Binding Sites. A K Bordbar,
A A Saboury and A A Moosavi-Movahedi
Immunological Exercises for Beginners. R B Ferreira, G Esquivel and A R Teixeira
Light-induced Proton Transport through Chloroplast Membranes. J W Ho and E S-M Po
Videotape Reviews
Book Reviews
Monitor
October
Editorial
Beyond Facilitation: The Active Tutor in a Problem-based Course. P K Rangachari and
D J Crankshaw
Current Statistical Methods for Estimating the K,, and V,,,, of Michaelis-Menten Kinetics.
R J Ritchie and T. Prvan
Stoichiometry of Glucose Oxidation when Linked to ATP Synthesis. R A Mitchell
How Many Water Molecules Produce during the Complete Oxidation of Glucose? Reply to
Robert A Mitchell. K Horitike, T Ishida and R Miura
Electronic Publishing in Science. Report by D F Shaw
Book Review
Perspectives from Conducting a Molecular Biology Workshop in Malaysia. L J Abraham and
J Whelan
Denaturation of Proteins—60 Years On. K Manchester
Features Section
Problem-based Learning. C A Smith
Environmental Biochemistry—A Problem-based Approach. L Jervis and P Morris
Problem-solving in molecular biology. J Szeberényi
Computer Aided Learning. G R Parslow
Software Review. L Kirk
Biotechnology Education. R O Jenkins
Microbial Cell Culture—A Basic Teaching Program. A H Carvalho, A C Silva, A L Arnaud,
E H M Melo, W M Ledingham and J L Lima Filho
Videotape Review. F Lloyd
Experimental Section
Molecular Modeling and Experimental Verification of the Relative Stability of DNA Base Pairs:
a Biochemistry Laboratory Experiment. S K Burgess, N H Martin, T L Connelly, W R Reynolds
and L D Spiro
An Experiment on the Succinylation of Wheat Gluten and its Consequences for pH-Solubility.
D Fouques and M-C Ralet
A Rapid and Inexpensive Procedure for the Determination of Amylase Activity. VH Mulimani and
J Lalitha
Spectrofluorimetric Visualisation of the Progress of an Enzymatic Reaction. C Saldanha and
J Martins-Silva
Book Reviews
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