Restoration of the properties of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I in liver mitochondria during re-feeding of starved rats.

Platelet factor 4 is a small protein (Mr 7756) from the alpha-granules of blood platelets which binds strongly to and neutralizes the anticoagulant properties of heparin. From an analysis of X-ray crystallographic data a model for the binding of platelet factor 4 to heparin is proposed.     

Ethical issues and the family doctor

After noting several contemporary societal factors that contribute to increasing concern about bioethical issues in general, the author focuses on special problems that confront the general or family practitioner. These problems arise from the family physician's large number of potentially conflicting roles and relationships.     

Working of the genetic code

The genetic code is used differently by different kinds of species. Each type of genome has a particular coding strategy, that is, choices among degenerate bases are consistently similar for all genes therein. This uniformity in the selection between degenerate bases within each taxonomic group has been discovered by applying new methods to the study of coding variability. It is now possible to calculate relative distances between genomes, or genome types, based on use of the codon catalog by the mRNAs therein.