A mixture of reports from researchers who have experienced a breakthrough, and from those who are still beating their heads against a particularly stubborn (cell) wall. The 19 articles represent the major offerings at an international symposium in Bristol, England, September 1991, and discuss primar

This book presents the contributions of the main speakers to the 12th Long Ashton InternationalSymposium, heldat theUniversityofBristolfrom 17thto20thSeptember 1991. Manyofthe 160delegates who attended presented posters, the abstractsofwhich have been published separately and reflected thevigour, excitementand originalityofthepresentations. The identity and molecular structure of solute of membrane proteins are of interest in of themselves but may be seen as only a step towards broader questions about the regulation their activity and their integration into the lifeofcells and organisms. This...