Living Systems As Energy Converters. Proceedings of the European Conference on Living Systems as Energy Converters Organized Under the Auspices of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Collaboration with the Commission of European Communities, Pont-`-Mousson, France

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Front Matter, Page III
Copyright, Page IV
FOREWORD, Pages V-VI, R. BUVET
CONCLUSIONS OF THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON LIVING SYSTEMS AS ENERGY CONVERTERS, Pages VII-VIII
INTRODUCTION: LIVING SYSTEMS AS ENERGY CONVERTERS, Pages 1-4, George PORTER
ENERGY CONVERSION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ORIGIN OF LIFE, Pages 7-19, J. Oró, Stanley L. Miller, Harold C. Urey
ENERGETICS OF COUPLED BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AND OF THEIR CHEMICAL MODELS, Pages 21-39, René BUVET
ENERGETIC EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX NETWORKS OF REACTIONS, Pages 41-54, P. Glansdorff
THE ENERGETICS OF PROTEIN-LIPID INTERACTION, Pages 55-66, Hubert Peeters, Maryvonne Rosseneu
IRON-SULPHUR PROTEINS AND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS, Pages 67-80, D.O. Hall
PROTEIN β-STRUCTURE AND THE MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL ENERGY CONVERSION, Pages 81-88, Herrick Baltscheffsky
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF ATP SYNTHASE, Pages 89-102, Danièle C. Gautheron, Catherine Godinot
LIVING SYSTEMS AS ENERGY CONVERTERS : Energy in biological molecules: Report on session of Monday 18 October, Pages 103-111, Albert L. Lehninger
BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES AS ENERGY TRANSDUCERS, Pages 115-118, Lars Ernster
MODEL SYSTEMS RECONSTRUCTED FROM BACTERIORHODOPSIN, Pages 119-128, Lester Packer, Tetsuya Konishi, Paul Shieh
THE POTENTIAL OF H2 PRODUCTION BY PHOTOSYNTHETIC PREPARATIONS FROM CHLOROPLASTS AND CYANOBACTERIA, Pages 129-134, Lester Packer, Elisha Tel-Or, George Papageorgiou
ENERGY COMPARTMENTATION IN THE CELL, Pages 135-151, P.M. Vignais
CALCIUM TRANSPORT IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES, Pages 153-174, Ernesto Carafoli
ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE PHOTO-SYNTHETIC APPARATUS BASED ON FUNCTIONAL EXPERIMENTS, Pages 175-184, Pierre Joliot
ON THE BIOENERGETIC MECHANISM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESULTS BY PULSE METHODS, Pages 185-197, H.T. Witt
CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY INTO ENERGY-RICH PHOSPHATE COMPOUNDS, Pages 199-207, Margareta Baltscheffsky
ELECTRON TRANSFER IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS: ENERGY CONSERVATION IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT OF CHLOROPLASTS, Pages 209-220, A. Trebst
BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES AS ENERGY TRANSDUCERS: report on the session of Tuesday 19 October, Pages 221-227, E.C. SLATER
ENERGY AND MATERIALS VIA PHOTOSYNTHESIS, Pages 231-259, Melvin CALVIN
ADAPTATION OF BIOENERGETIC PROCESSES IN RELATION TO VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS AND TO THE SIZE OF THE ORGANISM, Pages 261-270, E. Schoffeniels
DIRECT CONVERSION OF RADIANT INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY USING PLANT SYSTEMS, Pages 271-274, M.J. Allen
UTILIZATION OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS OF GREEN PLANTS AND ALGAE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GASEOUS HYDROGEN, Pages 275-284, V.B. Evstigneev
HYDROGEN AND METHANE PRODUCTION THROUGH MICROBIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS, Pages 285-297, John Benemann
ENERGY BUDGETS IN NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS, Pages 299-306, David Pimentel
THE ENERGY BUDGET IN SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION IN ECOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, Pages 307-318, N.K. Boardman
RECYCLING OF EXCESS CARBON DIOXIDE FROM FOSSIL ENERGY CONVERSION BY PLANTS, Pages 319-328, Klaus Wegener
ENERGY ACCOUNTING IN HUMAN SOCIETIES, Pages 329-335, Malcolm Slesser
ENERGY IN CELLS, ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS - I: Report on morning session of Wedenesday 20 October, Pages 337-341, D.O. HALL
ENERGY IN CELLS, ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS - II: Report on afternoon session of Wednesday 20 October, Pages 343-346, Eamon LALOR
AUTHOR INDEX, Page 347