This volume contains the papers presented at the international symposium
on "Molecular Mechanisms in Protein Synthesis" held on September 26-27,
1983 at the Beyaz Ko§k in Emirgan, Bosphorus, Istanbul. The symposium
aimed to create a medium for information exchange and discussions
regarding the current developments in the area of protein syn- thesis.
To ensure an informal yet scientifically stimulating and productive
atmosphere providing opportunity for relaxed and speculative
discussions, the number of presentations was limited to twenty and that
of attendants to about sixty. The emphasis in the symposium was laid on
structure-function relations in the prokaryotic protein synthesizing
systems and on the control mechanisms of eukaryotic protein synthesis,
in particular, during chain initia- tion. Other issues like evolutionary
aspects of protein synthesis, translational components genes and
proofreading were covered as well. The manuscripts represent the
extended accounts of the oral presenta- tions, and it has been aimed
with the concluding remarks at the end of the volume to give a
summarizing view of the presentations and the discussions.