Biochemistry

The author examines hemostasis in animals from all seven major vertebrate classes.

This volume is the scientific chronicle of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Computational Aspects of the Study of Biological Macro- molecules by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, which was held June 3-8, 1990 at Il Ciocco, near Barga, Italy.

When we began to organize the workshop "e;Calcium and Cellular Metabolism: Transport and Regulation"e; the goal we had in mind was to put together the knowledge of 2 several specialists on Ca + homeostasis, with various examples of cellular metabolisms 2 2 (such as protein synthesis), regulated by Ca + ions.

The science of blood groups was born at the beginning of this century, when the field of immunology married that of genetics.

This series of books, devoted to aspects of blood cell biochemistry, development, immu- nology, and ultrastructure, has evolved and separated from the long-established Plenum series Subcellular Biochemistry.

Basophils and mast cells are similar but unique secretory cells with a well-documented role in immediate-hypersensitivity reactions.

In response to the field's need for an introductory text, the authors have distilled the vast and scattered literature relating to the biotechnology of microbial secondary metabolites.

Some have predicted that the coming several decades will be the decades of "e;biotechnology,"e; wherein cancer, birth defects, life span increases, cosmetics, biodegradation, oil spills and exploration, solid waste disposal, and almost every aspect of our material life will be affected by this new area of science.

Fluorescence spectroscopy has traditionally found wide application in bio- chemistry and cell biology.

To produce a comprehensive overview of macrophages and related cell types in a short review volume is an impossible task.

Abraham Rosenberg assembles the groundbreaking work of preeminent international scientists to provide the most current, state-of-the-art presentation of research in siabiology.

Charles E.

Much of organic chemistry is based on the ability of suitably structured chemicals to bind together through the formation of covalent bonds.

In vivo nuclear magnetic and electron spin resonance spectroscopy is concerned, inter alia, with the noninvasive observation of metabolic changes in living systems, including animals and humans.

In the past ten years or so, biological magnetic resonance (NMR and ESR) has fully blossomed and become highly branched.

The papers contained in this book were presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) held at Cape Sounion, Athens, Greece, 19-24 May, 1991.

This book contains aseries of review papers related to the lectures given at the Third Course on Bioelectrochemistry held at Erice in November 1988, in the framework of the International School of Biophysics.

During the past five years increased awareness of environmental contamination by nitroaromatic compounds has led to a dramatic increase in research on their biodegradation.

In response to the worldwide health problems caused by nutritional zinc deficiency, coupled with the remarkable advances in our knowledge of zinc metabolism, the author has written this monograph on the clinical effects of this important mineral.

My first introduction to the eye came more than three decades ago when my close friend and mentor, the late Professor Isaac C.

There can be few elements with a biochemistry as coherent as that of sulfur.

In this timely monograph, the author summarizes the rapidly growing body of knowledge regarding nickel by providing a balanced discussion of its harmful and beneficial effects.

Copper has long been known as essential to living systems, in part through its fundamental role in electron transport and respiration.

This text is intended for an introductory course in bio- metabolism concludes with photosynthesis.

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This volume is based on a FEMS Symposium entitled "e;Bacterial Growth and Lysis: Metabolism and Structure of the Bacterial Sacculus"e; held at the Monastery of Lluc (Mallorca, Spain) on 5-10 April, 1992.

The Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program (IUCCP) has sponsored eight previous international symposia covering a range of topics of interest to industrial and academic chemists.

Applications of Cryogenic Technology, Vol.

This book represents the third in a series of International Conferences related to Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's (PD) diseases.

Nutrition and Osteoporosis: Seeing Through a Glass, Darkly (1 Cor.

Plant parasitic nematodes are a main pest to crops.

Following the two meetings on Lactoferrin Structure and Function that were held in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1993 and 1995, the Third International Conference on Lactoferrin Structure and Function was held in Le Touquet, France, and has successfully reinforced and diversified the previously created bridges between biochemists, clinicians, and companies.

This book is a compilation of the research which was presented during the NATO-Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled "e;Advances in Bacterial Paracrystalline Surface Layers"e; held in London, Ontario, Canada during September 27 to 30, 1992.

This volume records the proceedings of the Workshop on Advanced Meth- ods of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Systems Analysis, organized by the Biomedical Simulations Resource in May 1990.

Introduction New Facets in Urea Cycle Disorders INTRODUCTION A.

RNA binding proteins are an exciting area of research in gene regulation.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides detailed review articles concerned with aspects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, in the total environment with toxicological considerations and consequences.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides detailed review articles concerned with aspects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, in the total environment with toxicological considerations and consequences.

This book is formulated from a number of presentations made at a one-day workshop on the subject of Photon Migration in Tissues.

Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences *1994 is a forefront survey of key presentations from the 1993 International Conference on Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences.

The 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Sydney Brenner, H.

The contributions of electron microscopy to membrane biology have been indispensable and, at the same time, disappointing.

Less than a year before this writing, a Nobel Prize was shared by Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, and George Palade, pioneers in the development of modern cell biology, of which membrane biology is an integral part.

The fluid-mosaic model of membrane structure formulated by Singer and Nicolson in the early 1970s has proven to be a durable concept in terms of the principles governing the organization of the constituent lipids and proteins.

This volume contains the Proceedings of the Meeting "e;Neuronal plasticity and gangliosides"e; which was held at Mantova, Italy, on May 29-31, 1985, as a satellite to the Tenth Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry, (Riva del Garda, Italy, May 19-24,1985).