Biochemistry

This title focuses on the many aspects of the interaction between plants and heavy metals.

This volume is a collection of the contributions presented at the 42nd Erice Crystallographic Course whose main objective was to train the younger generation on advanced methods and techniques for examining structural and dynamic aspects of biological macromolecules.

Lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein belonging to the transferrin family.

Crops experience an assortment of environmental stresses which include abiotic viz.

Found in every plant species, the diversity of endophytic micro-organisms can be extremely high within different plant organs and tissue types.

"e;Photosynthesis: Plastid Biology, Energy Conversion and Carbon Assimilation"e; was conceived as a comprehensive treatment touching on most of the processes important for photosynthesis.

New possibilities have been brought about by the stunning number of genomic sequences becoming available for photosynthetic organisms.

This book addresses the possibilities and challenges in mimicking biological membranes and creating membrane-based sensor and separation devices.

The effective removal of dyes from aqueous waste is an important issue for many industrialized countries.

The search for new producers of biologically active substances (BAS) against human and animal diseases continues to be an important task in biology and medicine.

Fisheries genetics researchers will find invaluable the thirty-eight peer-reviewed contributions in this book, presented at the 20th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium "e;Genetics of Subpolar Fish and Invertebrates,"e; held in May 2002 in Juneau, Alaska.

Over the last few years, bacterial adhesion has become a more and more important and active scientific area, but the field lacks communication and scientific exchange between medical and microbiology researchers who work with the relevant biological systems, and biochemists, structural biologists and physicists, who know and understand the physical methods best suited to investigate the phenomenon at the molecular level.

The publication of Vanadium: Biochemical and Molecular Biological Approaches is particularly timely as it exactly coincides with the centennial anniversary of the discovery of vanadium by Professor Henze, in the blood cells of an ascidian (tunicate) collected in Gulf of Naples in 1911.

Gene function annotation has been a central question in molecular biology.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book and its counterpart, Active Oxygen in Biochemistry, explore the active research area of the chemistry and biochemistry of oxygen.

The aim of this book is to provide the researcher with important sample preparation strategies in a wide variety of analyte molecules, specimens, methods, and biological applications requiring mass spectrometric analysis as a detection end-point.

Interest in chemical entities capable of blocking or modifying cell metabolism ultimately goes back to the discovery of the structure of DNA in the 1950s.

This publication is unique among a number of books on cyanobacteria because it focuses on the bioenergetics of these widespread organisms which are the evolutionary prerequisite for the development of all higher forms of life on our "e;blue"e; planet.

Malformation disease of mango (Mangifera indica) initially noted in patches in India has now turned into a global menace wherever mango is grown.

The entire range of the developmental processes in plants is regulated by a shift in the hormonal concentration, tissue sensitivity and their interaction with the factors operating around them.

The text of the The Encyclopaedia of Dairy Chemistry book has been drawn from diverse sources, and in the references quoted the author pays tribute to those who have contributed to the rapid progress of dairy science, and at the same time hopes that the references may be of use to those who seek a more specialized knowledge of sore aspects of the work.

The text of the The Encyclopaedia of Dairy Chemistry book has been drawn from diverse sources, and in the references quoted the author pays tribute to those who have contributed to the rapid progress of dairy science, and at the same time hopes that the references may be of use to those who seek a more specialized knowledge of sore aspects of the work.

This book is first of its kind exclusively dedicated to plant polyphenol oxidases (PPOs), highlighting their importance in the food processing industry.

The present edited book is an attempt to update the state of art of the knowledge on metabolism of ROS and antioxidants and their relationship in plant adaptation to abiotic stresses involving physiological, biochemical and molecular processes.

This book provides essential information on improving protein folding/stability, which is a result of the balance between the intra-molecular interactions of protein functional groups and their interactions with the solvent environment.

Biochemistry is rapidly growing science performed almost entirely at the laboratory bench to one that may be explored through computers.

Genetic transformation is a key technology, in which genes are transferred from one organism to another in order to improve agronomic traits and ultimately help humans.

Soil analysis is critically important in the management of soil-based production systems.

Ideal for professional Biochemists and general readers alike, this book covers comprehensive list of biochemistry-related terms.

Introduction to Practical Biochemistry provides an excellent up-to-date account of the course and development of biochemistry.

Biochemistry, sometimes abbreviated as ';BioChem', is the study of chemical process in Living organisms.

Biochemistry deals with the biochemical relationship between diet and health.

Cancer is one of the leading death cause of human population increasingly seen in recent times.

The textbook is step-by-step students friendly outline of biochemistry.

The book includes 9 chapters of general, organic, and biological chemistry.

This book presents recent advances in global wheat crop research, including the effects of abiotic stresses like high and low temperatures, drought, hypoxia, salinity, heavy metals, nutrient deficiency, and toxicity on wheat production.

This book is about protein structural bioinformatics and how it can help understand and predict protein function.

This encyclopaedia is provides an overview of the rapidly developing field of biochemistry plant genetics and their application.

This book provides authentic and comprehensive information on the concepts, methods, functional details and applications of nano-emulsions.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in human beings.

This book describes genomic uracil in evolution, as a DNA constituent in adaptive and innate immune responses and as a mutagenic lesion causing cancer.

Fully revised and updated The Science of Grapevines, Fourth Edition is an introduction to the physical structure of the grapevine, its organs, their functions, and their interactions with the environment.

Today, indoor mold and moisture, and their associated health effects, are a society-wide problem.

Proteomics is a field with growing interest in almost every area of life sciences.

This book encompasses the exciting developments and challenges in the fast-moving and rapidly expanding research field of single-molecule kinetic analysis of cell signaling that promises to be one of the most significant and exciting areas of biological research for the foreseeable future.

It has been predicted that nearly half of all human proteins are glycosylated indicating the significance of glycoproteins in human health and disease.

Plants are sessile organisms that live under a constant barrage of biotic and abiotic insults.

The problems engendered by the conflicting imperatives of development and ecology show no sign of ending, and every day more locations are added to the list of landscapes poisoned by human activity.