Molecular Basis of Biological Degradative Processes

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS, Pages vii-viii
PREFACE, Pages ix-x
DEVELOPING ORGANISMS AS MODEL SYSTEMS FOR THE STUDY OF DEGRADATIVE PROCESSES, Pages 1-24, Lucille S. Hurley
AN INTEGRATED VIEW OF LYSOSOME FUNCTION, Pages 25-38, Christian de Duve
ELUCIDATION OF CLINICAL LYSOSOME DEFICIENCIES, Pages 39-64, Roscoe O. Brady
COMPLEMENT: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS, REGULATION AND BIOLOGIC FUNCTION, Pages 65-114, Hans J. Müller-Eberhard
THE EARLY PHASE OF BLOOD COAGULATION, Pages 115-123, Earl W. Davie, Kazuo Fujikawa, Walter Kisiel, Kotoku Kurachi, Ronald L. Heimark
CASCADE EVENTS IN MAST CELL ACTIVATION AND FUNCTION, Pages 125-154, Roger W. Yurt, K. Frank Austen
ACTIVATION OF PLASMINOGEN: A GENERAL MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING LOCALIZED EXTRACELLULAR PROTEOLYSIS, Pages 155-169, E. Reich
PROTEOLYTIC EVENTS IN VIRAL REPLICATION, Pages 171-224, Bruce D. Korant
HUMAN NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE AND THE PROTEASE-PATHOGENESIS MODEL OF PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA, Pages 225-259, Aaron Janoff
DENTAL CARIES, Pages 261-276, William H. Bowen
DISSOLUTION MECHANISMS OF THE APATITE CRYSTALS DURING DENTAL CARIES AND BONE RESORPTION, Pages 277-311, R.M. Frank, J.C. Voegel
DEGRADATIVE PROCESSES OF BONE, Pages 313-331, Paul Goldhaber, Luka Rabadjija, George Szabó