Molecular biology Books

This is the second book in a new series that explores chromosome engineering for crop improvement. Focusing on cereal crops, the book covers economic importance, world wide production and distribution, utilization, and the origin of the crop and its...

This two-volume set highlights the various innovative and emerging techniques and molecular applications that are currently being used in plant abiotic stress physiology. Volume 1: Responses and Adaptations focuses on the responses and adaptations of...

The 5th edition of Glossary of Biotechnology and Agrobiotechnology Terms will be a significant expansion of the previous 4th edition. In the past decade, many new terms have been introduced due to the appearance and application of new crop plant breeding...

This book underlines the importance of reciprocal interactions between probiotics and humans in terms of stress induction, epigenetic control of cellular responses, oxidative status, bioactive molecules biosynthesis, moonlighting proteins secretion,...

Experimental Hematology Today - 1988 presents the latest results of research reflecting the diverse interests of basic and clinical hematologists. The major areas explored are hematopoietic regulation by cytokines;...

One of the most important organisms in biotechnology, Corynebacterium glutamicum is currently used to produce 2 million tons of amino acids per year for a rapidly expanding market. Until now, research and information have been scattered among individual...

Instant Notes in Molecular Biology, Fourth Edition is the perfect text for undergraduates looking for a concise introduction to the subject, or a study guide to use before examinations. Each topic begins with a summary of essential facts−an ideal...

Molecular biophysics is a rapidly growing field of research that plays an important role in elucidating the mysteries of life's molecules and their assemblies, as well as the relationship between their structure and function. Introduction to Molecular...

Biology of Menopause presents the proceedings of an international symposium held from September 10-13, 1998 in Newport Beach, CA. The proceedings review current knowledge and explores future research directions on the biologic...

The objective of this workshop was to examine the nature of plasma membrane electron transport and how this electron transport contributes to growth of cells. The workshop came at a time when the study of the plasma membrane...

This volume records the proceedings of an International Symposium on The Structure and Function of Gangliosides, held at Le Bischenberg, Alsace, France, in April 23-27, 1979. The meeting was convened to get a comprehensive view...

Cats are Not Peas, narrated with inimitable grace and wit, takes us through the great discoveries in genetics, from Mendel's studies of inheritance in peas through the discovery of the chromosome and the role of DNA - all from...

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Prostaglandins and Lipid Metabolism in Radiation Injury held in Rockville, Maryland, on October 2-3, 1986. Over 200 persons from eight countries attended...

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on nThe Organization of Cell n Metabolism was held 31 August - 4 September, 1985, at the Hotel Hansthol m in Hansthollllt Denmark. From areas of cell biology, bio­ chemistry, enzymology, and...

We are extremely pleased that all of the chapters in this volume provide up-to-date information on a variety of topics of interest to scientists working on membrane biology. As in the past, we have attempted to expedite the...

These two volumes, entitled "Purine Metabolism in Man IV" con­ tain the paper presented at the "IV. International Symposium on Human Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism," held in Maastricht (The Netherlands), June 1982. The...

Several previous Advanced Study Institutes have concentrated on the techniques of light scattering, while the biological appli­ cations were not fully explored. Many of the techniques are now standardised and are being applied...

Approaching any task on aging brings a flood of images that are a personal repetition of what has been one of the greatest and most persistent concerns of mankind. Even restricting time to the past decade or so and approaching...

This volume contains nineteen contributions on some of the most relevant topics in modern molecular biology and biochemistry presented by leading scientists of the USSR and Italy. One group of papers are mainly concerned with...

Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells are mature cells that have been genetically reprogrammed so that they return to their embryonic state. It is not yet known if iPS stem cells and embryonic stem cells differ significantly. Today many fundamental belief...

A comprehensive overview of the effects of trichloroethylene toxicity caused by real-life exposure levels highlighting how exposure to trichloroethylene may contribute to the etiology of several idiopathic human diseases. Discussion will focus on...

This book is a collection of papers which reflect the recent trends in the philosophy and history of molecular biology. It brings together historians, philosophers, and molecular biologists who reflect on the discipline's...

This book explains the theoretical principles of numerous techniques of genomic studies developed recently in laboratories. The book is designed for any reader who is curious to know the bases of different techniques of manipulation of nucleic acids.

The book examines basic principles of the structure and organization of living organisms and their differences from objects of inanimate nature. It covers how a single program-information structure permeates all evolutionary stages of life, including the...

Forensic Laboratory Benchmarking and Improvement: The FORESIGHT Manual is an operational guidebook for managers, QA specialists, and testers at the hundreds of public laboratories around the world.

This comprehensive treatise on the reticuloendothelial system is a project jointly shared by individual members of the Reticuloendothelial (RE) Society and bio­ medical scientists in general who are interested in the intricate...

This vol\.Dl\e of Advances in Experinental ~dicine and Biology is based on an Arrerican Chemical Society SympositUII entitled: "Surface Chemistry of Biological Systems", which took place in New York on September 11-12, 1969...

Introduction: Systematics, Evolution, and Classification.- Systematics as Problem-Solving.- The Archetype.- Ernst Haeckel and Systematische Phylogenie.- The German Development of Morphology: From Ernst Haeckel to Willi Hennig.- Pattern Cladistics.-...

The Significance of Biomimetic Membrane Nanobiotechnology to Biomedical Applications.- Langmuir-Blodgett Technique for Synthesis of Biomimetic Lipid Membranes.- Liposome Techniques for Synthesis of Biomimetic Lipid Membranes.- Characterization and...

Genotype of Hepatitis Delta Virus.- Hepatitis Delta Virus.- Structure and Replication of Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA.- Hepatitis Delta Antigen.- Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA Editing.- Hepatitis Delta Antigen and RNA Polymerase II.- Clinical Features of...

Protein Translocation Across the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane.- Preprotein Translocation through the Sec Translocon in Bacteria.- Protein Translocation in Archaea.- Structure of the SecYEG Protein Translocation Complex.- Membrane Protein Insertion in...

Preface.- Inferring Evolutionary History through Inter- and Intraspecific DNA Sequence Comparison: The Drosophila janus and ocnus Genes.- Rapid Evolution of Sex-Related Genes: Sexual Conflict or Sex-Specific Adaptations?- Selective Sweep in the Evolution...

The Mechanosensory Heart.- Origin of Mechanotransduction.- The Role of the Sarcomere and Cytoskeleton in Cardiac Mechanotransduction.- Mechanoelectric Transduction/Feedback: Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Mechanotransduction in Cardiac Remodeling and...

CtBP Family Proteins.- Transcriptional Repression by the CtBP Corepressor in Drosophila.- CtBP and Hematopoietic Transcriptional Regulators.- CtBP.- The Significance of the CtBP - AdE1A Interaction during Viral Infection and Transformation.- CtBP...

A senior and well-published scientist describes, through anecdotes, parables, and stories how scientists conceive, ask, and answer questions, and how what they do develops from the culture of their time. Part 1 describes the origins of modern biological...

Environmental Damage to DNA and the Protective Effects of Phytochemicals provides information on the toxicity of natural as well as synthetic chemicals in the living systems. These can lead to DNA damage and the emergence of serious consequences or...

CRISPR and Plant Functional Genomics explores how to release the potential of plant functional genomics, one of the prevailing topics in plant biology and the critical technology for speed and precision crop breeding.

Chemical Biology of Thrombin is a comprehensive review of thrombin as regulatory protease, perhaps one of the most important enzymes in hemostasis. It focuses on work from 1970's to the present time. Thrombin has some emerging therapeutic uses such the...

^IDrosophila^R, the common fruit fly, is the most extensively studied of all organisms from the standpoint of genetics and cytology. This atlas summarizes what is known about the approximately 100...

அமைப்பு உயிரியல் என்றால் என்ன?அமைப்பு உயிரியல் என்பது உயிரினங்களை அவற்றின் கட்டமைப்பு மற்றும் செயல்பாட்டின் அடிப்படையில் ஆய்வு செய்யும் ஒரு உயிரியல் பிரிவு ஆகும். இது உயிரினங்களை அணு, மூலக்கூறு, உயிரணு, திசு, உறுப்பு, உறுப்பு அமைப்பு, உயிரினம் மற்றும்...

Nanotechnology and molecular computation are two of the fastest advancing areas in recent years. Gaining attention over the past few decades, these fields are steadily becoming cornerstones of our developing culture in the 21st century. Theoretical and...

Examples from various organs and diseases illustrate the potential benefit obtained when both therapeutic approaches are combined with delivery strategies. Representing the combined effort of several leading international research and clinical experts,...