Presented at: The Ninth Meeting of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies, Aug. 25-30, 1974, Budapest, Hungary, and published in: Proc. Ninth FEBS Meeting, Volume 33, Pages 1-464 (1974):

Editors: Egon J. Hidvegi ¹, Janos Sumegi, and Pal Venetianer

¹ National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene
Budapest XXII, Anna u. 5 1775, Hungary
Tel./Fax: (361) 229-1918
E-mail: hidvegi@hp.osski.hu

Synthesis and structure of messenger RNA:
Synthesis and structure of ribosomal RNA:
Nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions:
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA-dependent RNA polymerases:
Transcriptional signals in nucleic acids:
Structure and function of DNA and chromatin:
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BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CELL NUCLEUS

Introduction: "The Cell Nucleus - 1974", Harris Busch

Synthesis and structure of messenger RNA:

1. "The organization of the genetic material", G. P. Georgiev

2. "Messenger RNA: Transcription, processing and turnover", R. P. Perry, E. Bard, B. D. Hames and D. E. Kelley

3. "Special sequences in mammalian DNA and their relationship to HnRNA and mRNA", R. H. Burdon, A. Shenkin, N. W. Fraser, E. J. Smillie and J. T. Douglas

4. "Sequence studies on the 3' terminal region of mammalian mRNAs", N. J. Proudfoot and G. G. Brownlee

5. "The starting fragment of pre-mRNA and secondary structure of pre-mRNA in nuclear RNP particles", O. P. Samarina, G. Bajszar and J. Molnar

6. "Processing of heterogenous chromosomal RNA: studies with an initiation inhibitor", E. Egyhazi

7. "Investigations on pre-mRNA from erythroid enriched bone marrow cells of the rabbit", Ch. Coutelle, B. Thiele, A.-M. Ladhoff, A. P. Ryskov and B. Papies

8. "Fractionation of HnRNP and mRNP particles from HeLa cells on oligo(dT)-cellulose", T. Pederson and A. Kumar

9. "Evidence for the existence of a stable structural RNA in nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles carrying HnRNA", J. Niessing and C. E. Sekeris

10. "The heterogeneity of nuclear particles containing pre-mRNA", A. Tigyi, J. Molnar, L. Komaromy and P. Juhasz

11. "Nuclear and cytoplasmic interactions: the participation of membranes in the transport of nuclear mRNA and initiation of protein synthesis", A. O. Pogo, I. Faiferman, K. Shiokawa and L. Branes

12. "Studies on RNA synthesis and transport using nuclear columns", G. Sauermann

13. "Ultrastructural studies of extranucleolar ribonucleoproteins of rat liver parenchymal cells in different functional states", P. Petrov

Synthesis and structure of ribosomal RNA:

14. "Studies on the primary structure of 16S and 23S RNAs from Escherichia coli and Proteus vulgaris", J. P. Ebel, P. Fellner, C. Ehresmann, P. Stiegler, J. L. Fischel, C. Braulant, A. Krol and J. Sri Widada

15. "Nucleotide sequences of nuclear RNA species", H. Busch, Y. C. Choi, R. N. Nazar and T. S. Ro-Choi

16. "Nucleotide sequence studies on animal cell ribosomal RNAs", B. E. H. Maden, M. Salim, J. S. Robertson, M. S. N. Jhan and K. Tartof

17. "The mechanism of synthesis of ribosomal RNA", U. E. Loening

18. "Ultrastructure of transcription in the nucleoli of the green algae Acetabularia major and A. mediterranea", M. F. Trendelenberg, W. W. Francke, H. Spring and U. Scheer

19. "Studies on the organization and distribution of nucleolar RNP components after the nucleolar RNA synthesis and processing inhibition", K. Smetana, I. Raska and K. Sebesta

20. "Small molecular weight RNA components related to nucleolar function", S. Frederiksen and P. Hellung-Larsen

21. "RNA synthesis of regenerating rat liver: low-molecular-weight nuclear RNA synthesis in regeneration and after irradiation", Anna Fonagy and E. J. Hidvegi

Nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions:

22. "Proteins and RNAs in nucleocytoplasmic interactions", L. Goldstein

23. "Biochemical and structural aspects of nucleocytoplasmic transfer of ribonucleoproteins at the nuclear envelope level: facts and theses", W. W. franke and U. Scheer

24. "Enzymatic activity of the nuclear envelope and nuclear-cytoplasmic interaction", I. B. Zbarsky

25. "Biochemical studies on maturation in Xenopus laevis oocytes", J. Brachet

MECHANISM AND REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION

Introduction: Janos Sumegi and Pal Venetianer

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA-dependent RNA polymerases:

1. "On the role of RNA polymerase subunits in RNA-synthesis and the gross regulation of transcription by specific modifications of RNA polymerase subunits", W. Zillig

2. "Interactions of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase and its substrates. Biochemical and biophysical studies", T. M. Jovin and K. H. Scheit

3. "Mitochondrial DNA-dependent RNA polymerase", E. Wintersberger and G. Rogall

4. " Transcription of Adenovirus-2 DNA by HeLa cell DNA-dependent RNA polymerases", D. Wells, P. Hossenlopp and P. Chambon

5. "Structural properties and template requirements of yeast RNA polymerases", J. M. Buhler, S. Dezelee, J. Huet, F. Iborra and A. Sentenac

6. "Free and template-bound forms of eukaryotic DNA-dependent RNA polymerases", P. H. W. Butterworth, J. L. Austoker, C. J. Chesterton and T. J. C. Beebee

7. "On the occurrence of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase C in mammalian cells", K. H. Seifart and B. J. Benecke

8. "Fidelity of transcription of nucleolar chromatin with different RNA polymerases", M. Muramatsu, T. Onishi, T. Matsui, C. Kawabata and S. Tokugawa

9. "In vitro RNA synthesis with intact giant chromosomes", H. Stein and H. Hameister

10. "On the transcription process in the isolated rat liver nucleus", R. Lindigkeit, M. Holtzhauer and K. Bellmann

Transcriptional signals in nucleic acids:

11. "Two nucleotide sequences from the promoter-operator region of phage lambda", V. Pirrotta and A. Walz

12. "T7 DNA sequences in regions coding for termination of transcription", R. Hayward and G. Peters

13. "Cleavage mapping of the T7 early transcriptional region", P. Humphries, R. L. Gordon, D. J. McConnell and Patricia Connolly

14. "The E. coli ribosomal RNA promoter", A. Travers

15. "Tight binding of RNA polymerase to the promoter of RNA genes in E. coli", A. Udvardy, P. Venetianer, J. Sumegi, and B. Sain

16. "The generation of extracistronic mutations in Qbeta RNA by site-directed mutagenesis", R. A. Flavell, D. L. O. Sabo, E. F. Bandle and C. Weissmann

Structure and function of DNA and chromatin:

17. "Organization and expression of eukaryote DNA", J. O. Bishop, M. S. Campo, M. Izquierdo, N. D. Hastie, M. Rosbach and J. G. Morton

18. "Cleavage of mouse satellite DNA with restriction nucleases", W. Horz and H. G. Zachau

19. "Cellular Differentiation and the structure of chromatin", R. Tsanev

20. "Ultrastructural probes of chromatin during cell differentiation and cell division within living human bone marrow cells", J. H. Frenster

21. "Effect of removal of F1-histone on the transcription process and on the conformation of nuclear chromatin", H. Fenske, I. Eichhorn, M. Bottger and R. Lindigkeit

22. "Accessibility of DNA in chromatin", E. Fredericq

23. "Fractionation, analysis and characterisation of non-histone proteins", D. Rickwood and A. J. MacGillivray

24. "Control of transcription of the globin gene", J. Paul, R. S. Gilmour, P. R. harrison, J. Windass and N. Affara

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