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Articles in the same Issue

1. Titelei
2. Proteinase Inhibitors and Biological Control. IIIrd International Symposium
3. Oligopeptidases, and the Emergence of the Prolyl Oligopeptidase Family
4. Prolyl Endopeptidase and Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV are Distantly Related Members of the Same Family of Serine Proteases
5. The Primary Structure and Tissue Distribution of Cathepsin
6. Basic Amino Acids Preferring Broad Specificity Aminopeptidase from Human Erythrocytes
7. A New Family of Proteinases is Defined by Several Snake Venom Metalloproteinases
8. Pancreatic Procarboxypeptidases: Their Activation Processes Related to the Structural Features of the Zymogens and Activation Segments
9. Oxyanion Hole Interactions in Serine and Cysteine Proteases
10. The Characteristics of Cysteine Proteinases of Parasitic Protozoa
11. Bovine Cathepsins S and L: Isolation and Amino Acid Sequences
12. Investigation of Structure Function Relationships in Cathepsin B
13. Characterisation of the Activity and Stability of Single-chain Cathepsin L and of Proteolytically Active Cathepsin L/Cystatin Complexes
14. Antibodies to Rat Procathepsin B Recognize the Active Mature Enzyme
15. Membrane Permeable Fluorogenic Rhodamine Substrates for Selective Determination of Cathepsin L
16. Isolation and Characterization of Bovine Stefin B
17. Conformation and Fluctuations of free Stefin B: A Molecular Dynamics Study
18. Denaturation of Stefin B by GuHCl, pH and Heat; Evidence for Molten Globule Intermediates
19. Characterization and Structure of Pineapple Stem Inhibitor of Cysteine Proteinases
20. Cystatin Mimicry by Synthetic Peptides
21. Demonstration of sequence variations in the promoter region of the human cystatin C gene
22. Characterization of Aspartic Proteinase Inhibitors from Potato at the Gene, cDNA and Protein Levels
23. BOVINE TRYPTASE: PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
24. Interactions of Thrombin with Benzamidine-based Inhibitors
25. The Biology and Biochemistry of Antichymotrypsin and its Potential Role as a Therapeutic Agent
26. Heparin Interferes with the Inhibition of Neutrophil Elastase by its Physiological Inhibitors
27. Gene Expression of the High Molecular Weight Proteinase Inhibitor α₂-Macroglobulin
28. Assay of HIV Protease Dimerization
29. USING PROTEINASE TRAPPING TO DETECT REVERTANTS OF INACTIVE RHINOVIRAL 2A PROTEINASE MUTANTS
30. Flow Cytometric Analysis of Protease Activities in Vital Cells
31. Tumor Necrosis Factor Regulation of Endothelial Cell Extracellular Proteolysis: The Role of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator
32. REGULATION OF PROTEINASE ACTIVATION IN MAMMALIAN TISSUES
33. Endocytosis by Liver Cells During Suppression of Intralysosomal Proteolysis
34. Proteolytic Inactivation of alpha₁-Proteinase Inhibitor in vivo: Detection, Characterization and Quantitation of the Main Fragment Excreted in the Urine of Leukemia Patients
35. Cysteine Endopeptidases and Their Inhibitors in Malignant Progression of Rat Embryo Fibroblasts
36. Cystatins and Cathepsins in Breast Carcinoma
37. Growth-Related Proteinases in Cultured Human Tumour Cells
38. Tumor-Associated Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator: Biological and Clinical Significance
39. Enhanced Levels of Multicatalytic Proteinase mRNAs in Rous Sarcoma Virus Transformed Cells
40. Amyloid formation from Immunoglobulin chains
41. Hydrophobic Properties of an Amyloidogenic κ_I-Bence Jones Protein Fragment in Charge Shift Electrophoresis
42. Programme of the IIIrd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on PROTEINASE INHIBITORS AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
43. Index of Subjects
44. 99. Konferenz der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie. Studiengruppe „Protein- und Nucleinsäure-Analytik“. Neue Methoden in der Protein- und Nucleinsäure-Biochemie
45. Prostaglandin D₂ and E₂ Syntheses in Rat Kupffer Cells are Antagonistically Regulated by Lipopolysaccharide and Phorbol Ester
46. Isolation and Characterization of a Non Sex-Specific Lipoprotein from Hemolymph of Fresh Water Crab Potamon potamios
47. Secondary Fungal Metabolites and Their Biological Activities, II. Occurrance of Antibiotic Compounds in Cultures of Armillaria ostoyae Growing in the Presence of an Antagonistic Fungus or Host Plant Cells
48. Isolation and Partial Characterization of the Outer Dense Fiber Proteins from Human Spermatozoa
49. The Enzymatic and Release Characteristics of Sheep Neutrophil Elastase: A Comparison with Human Neutrophil Elastase
50. Microbial Metabolism of Quinoline and Related Compounds. XV. Quinoline-4-carboxylic acid Oxidoreductase from Agrobacterium spec.1B: A Molybdenum-Containing Enzyme
51. Protease Inhibitor Homologues of Dendrotoxin do not Bind to Dendrotoxin Acceptors on Synaptosomal Membranes or Facilitate Neuromuscular Transmission
52. Isolation of a High-Molecular Mass Glycoprotein from Culture Supernatant of an Arthritogenic Strain of the Bacteria Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Reacting with “Inductive” Monoclonal Antibodies Derived from Rats with Erysipelas Polyarthritis
53. Anisoosmotic Liver Perfusion: Redox Shifts and Modulation of α-Ketoisocaproate and Glycine Metabolism
54. 98. Konferenz der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie. Biological Signalling Using Superoxide and Nitric Oxide Radicals
55. Herbsttagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie
56. 100. Konferenz der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie. Studiengruppe „Protein- und Nucleinsäure-Analytik“. Struktur- und Funktionsanalyse von Proteinen
57. Studies on Human Porin. VIII. Expression of “Porin 31HL” Channels in the Plasmalemma of the Acute-Lymphoblastic-Leukemia Cell Line KM3 as Revealed by Light- and Electron-Microscopy
58. Regulation by Prostaglandin E₂ of Cytokine-elicited Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Rat Liver Macrophages
59. Inhibition of Myosin Light Chain Kinase, cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase, Protein Kinase C and of Plant Ca^2⊕-Dependent Protein Kinase by Anthraquinones
60. Purification and Immunochemical Studies of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV from Bovine Kidney
61. Analysis of the Human Insulin Receptor
62. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Mediates the Preparation of its Substrate Diastereomers and is Inhibited by (3R)-3-Hydroxy-3-methylgIutaryI-CoA
63. The Amino-Acid Sequence of Two Isoforms of α-Lactalbumin from Donkey (Equus asinus) Milk is Identical
64. The Primary Structure of the Hemoglobin from the Tomb Bat (Taphozous georgianus, Microchiroptera)
65. 101. Konferenz der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie. Neurorezeptoren und Neuroenzyme. Herbsttagung der Studiengruppe „Neurochemie“
66. 102. Konferenz der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie. Eleventh Winter Workshop on Pteridines. Biochemical and Clinical Aspects of Pteridines
67. An Investigation into the Glycolipid Metabolism of α-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase-Deficient Fibroblasts Using Native and Artificial Glycolipids
68. Purification and Properties of 4-Halobenzoate-Coenzyme A Ligase from Pseudomonas sp. CBS3
69. The Heavy Chains of Human Plasma Inter-α-Trypsin Inhibitor: Their Isolation, Their Identification by Electrophoresis and Partial Sequencing. Differential Reactivity with Concanavalin A
70. Electrophoretic Pattern of the Inter-α-Inhibitor Family Proteins in Human Serum, Characterized by Chain-Specific Antibodies
71. Inhibition of Human Mast Cell Tryptase by Benzamidine Derivatives
72. Interference of Substrate Quenching with the Kinetics of Placental Peptidases
73. Presence and Regulation of a Truncated Proopiomelanocortin Gene Transcript in Rat Pancreatic Islets
74. Amino-Acid Sequence of the Short Subfragment-2 in Adult Chicken Cardiac Muscle Myosin
75. New Analogues of Cucurbita maxima Trypsin Inhibitor III (CMTI III) with Simplified Structure
76. Diastereomers of Neopterin and Biopterin in Human Urine
77. Dihydropteridine Reductase from Escherichia coli Exhibits Dihydrofolate Reductase Activity
78. Aluminium Administered in Drinking Water but not in the Diet Influences Biopterin Metabolism in the Rodent
79. Neurohypophysial Vasopressin and Oxytocin as Influenced by (6R)-5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-α-Biopterin in Euhydrated and Dehydrated Rats
80. Immunomodulating Activity of 1,2-Difattyacyl-3-mercaptoglycerol Adducts
81. An Effective Method for the Synthesis of Neoglycoproteins and Neogangliosideproteins by Use of Reductively Aminated Sulfhydryl-Containing Carbohydrate Conjugates
82. Determination of Lectin-Cell-Binding Parameters by a New Agglutination Technique
83. Ascorbate-Dependent Capacity of Dialysed Rat Liver Cytosol to Prevent Nonenzymatic Lipid Peroxidation
84. The Influence of α- and β-Galactose Residues and Sialic Acid 0-Acetyl Groups of Rat Erythrocytes on the Interaction with Peritoneal Macrophages
85. Approaches to the Preparation of 6- and 7-Methyl-8-Substituted Pterins: Part 1. The Effect of Reaction Conditions on Isomer Distribution and a Novel Approach to Isomer Separation
86. pH-Dependence of the Structure and Degradation of 8-Alkyl-Substituted Pterins
87. Human Immunoglobulin Genes of the ϰ Type. The Long-Range Map of an Orphon V_ϰGene Region
88. Serum Neopterin Levels in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
89. Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Neuropeptides of the AKH/RPCH Family in Long-Horned Grasshoppers (Ensifera)
90. REVIEW
91. A New Ultrasensitive Bioluminogenic Enzyme Substrate for β-Galactosidase
92. Partially Phosphorylated Glycogen Phosphorylase in the Lugworm Arenicola marina, Its Regulatory Function during Hypoxia
93. Brain-Restricted Amyloidoma of Immunoglobulin λ-Light Chain Origin Clinically Resembling Multiple Sclerosis
94. The Baculovirus Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Genome Includes a Papain-Like Sequence
95. Modulation of Macrophage Response to Interleukin-2 Immunotherapy by Interleukin-3 in Cancer Patients
96. Fast Quantitative Assay of Sequence-Specific Endonuclease Activity Based on DNA Sequencer Technology
97. Cloning and Sequence Analyses of cDNAs Encoding Aminoacylase I from Porcine Kidney
98. Molecular Cloning of the Acid Sphingomyelinase of the Mouse and the Organization and Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Gene
99. The Properties of Monoclonal Antibody against Sepiapterin Reductase from Fat Body of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori
100. Synthesis of N-Acetyl-9-0-acetylneuraminic Acid α-p-amino-phenylthioketoside and Its Application as Ligand in the Affinity Chromatography of a Lectin with Preferential Affinity to O-Acetylated Sialic Acids
101. Pteridines in the Yellow-Colored Chromatophores of the Isopod, Armadillidium vulgare
102. Intra- and Interchain Disulfide Bridges of the Human J Chain in Secretory Immunoglobulin A
103. Index of Authors
104. The editors and the publisher wish to express their sincere thanks for the kind assistance of the following scientists who acted as reviewers for our journal: