Ap4a and Other Dinucleoside Polyphosphates

Alexander G. McLennan

Preface. Dinucleoside Polyphosphates-An Introduction (McLennan and Zamecnik). The Chemistry of Dinucleoside Polyphosphates (Holler). Determination of Dinucleoside Polyphosphates (Garrison and Barnes). Synthesis of NpnN' (n=3 or 4) In Vitro and In Vivo (Plateau and Blanquet). Enzymes Cleaving Dinucleoside Polyphosphates (Guranowski and A. Sillero). Intracellular Functions of ApnN: Prokaryotes (Kitzler, Farr, and Ames). Intracellular Functions of ApnN: Eukaryotes (Remy). Interactions of Dinucleoside Polyphosphates With Enzymes and Other Proteins (M.A.G. Sillero and Cameselle). Extracellular Functions for ApnA (Ogilvie). Diguanosine and Related Non-Adenylylated Polyphosphates (Warner). Synthetic Structural Analogues of Dinucleoside Polyphosphates (Blackburn, McLennan, and Guo).