Thousands of imaginative scientists, over more than a century, have revealed the fascinating story of intracellular calcium, through a pathway of ingenious invention and discovery.
The Sixth International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems, known as IlTAS2002, will be fully dedicated to the latest scientific and technological developments in the field of miniaturized devices and systems for realizing not only chemical and biochemical analysis but also synthesis.
Elektrophoretische Trennmethoden sind seit vielen Jahren ein nicht mehr wegzudenkender Bestandteil der analytischen Verfahren in den Bereichen Analytische Chemie, Klinische Chemie, Lebensmittelchemie, Medizin, Biologie, Pharmakologie.
Microarray technology is a major experimental tool for functional genomic explorations, and will continue to be a major tool throughout this decade and beyond.
Plants possess the ability to biosynthesize a large variety of steroids, but it was not until 1979 that a hormonal function was demonstrated in plants.
After sequencing the human genome a decade ago, researchers have continued their projects, but now to try to better understand how, and when, genes are expressed in health and disease.
Separation processes in biotechnology are of increasing industrial importance since they entail the major costs of bioprocessing especially when high purity is required.
This book is a unique resource for state-of-the-art research findings on biotechnological innovations in the area of industrial and therapeutic enzymes, and special-function and extreme-nature enzymes such as ribozymes, therozymes, cold-adapted enzymes, etc, covering all aspects such as the producing micro-organisms, their mode of cultivation, downstream processing and applications.
Pharmaceuticals in Marine and Coastal Environments: Occurrence, Effects, and Challenges in a Changing World is divided into three sections that address a) coastal areas as the main entrance of pharmaceuticals into the ocean, b) the occurrence and distribution of pharmaceuticals in the environmental compartments of the ocean media, and c) the effects that such pollutants may cause to the exposed marine organisms.
The papers in this book were presented at the Third International Symposium on Redox Mechanisms and Interfacial Properties of Molecules of Biological Importance held in Honolulu, Hawaii between October 19-23, 1987.
From its early beginnings in the 1960s, the academic field of biochemistry of exercise has expanded beyond examining and describing metabolic responses to exercise and adaptations to training to include a wide understanding of molecular biology, cell signalling, interorgan communication, stem cell physiology, and a host of other cellular and biochemical mechanisms regulating acute responses and chronic adaptations related to exercise performance, human health/disease, nutrition, and cellular functioning.
Hyaluronic acid, or hyaluronan, is a water soluble, anionic extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan polymer with variable molecular weight that determines its physiological role, rheological properties, and applications.
Summing up almost a decade of biomedical research, this topical and eagerly awaited handbook is the first reference on the topic to incorporate recent breakthroughs in amyloid research.
This book describes the recent developments in enzymology in carbohydrate engineering based on modern sciences and technology, collected from recent symposia on agricultural biotechnology.
Micro/Nanofluidics and Lab-on-Chip Based Emerging Technologies for Biomedical and Translational Research Applications - Part B, Volume 187 represents the collation of chapters written by eminent scientists worldwide.
Environmental toxicology is generally held to be the study of the potential of constituents of outdoor environments to impact either human health or the biological structure of the ecosystems involved.
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Gangliosides and Modu- lation of Neuronal Functions"e; was held at the University of Stutt- gart-Hohenheim, Federal Republic of Germany, on October 20 - 24, 1986.
Protein Misfolding, Volume 118, covers the wide spectrum of diseases and disorders that are attributed to protein misfolding, including degenerative and neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, renal, glaucoma, cancer, cystic fibrosis, Gaucher's disease, and many others.
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.
Integrated Methods in Protein Biochemistry: Part A, Volume 677, the latest release in the Methods in Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as DNA and protein engineering to create protein bioswitches with new functions, Interaction and cross-talk of prelamin A with integral membrane zinc metalloproteases, An experimental protocol to study lipid transfer proteins, Synthesis of small heat shock proteins, Druggable p-p interacting sites for Co-chaperone DNAJA1 and its partner proteins, An experimental protocol for glycoconjugate analysis, Methods for proximity-based biotinylation combined with Mass Spectrometry, and more.
New Methods and Sensors for Membrane and Cell Volume Research, Volume 88 provides an overview of novel experimental approaches to study both the cell membrane and the under-membrane space - the cytosol, which have lately began drawing renewed attention.
Electrochemical Nano-biosensors: Applications in Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Environment, and Food Management features a critical overview of different, recently reported nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensing and biosensing strategies.
Extensively revised, the fourth edition of this highly successful book takes into account the many newly determined protein structures that provide molecular insight into chemiosmotic energy transduction, as well as reviewing the explosive advances in 'mitochondrial physiology'-the role of the mitochondria in the life and death of the cell.
Viral Replication Enzymes and their Inhibitors Part A, Volume 49, the latest release in the Enzymes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of related topics.
Vulnerable plaque development is the result of a complex series of molecular and cellular events involving inflammation, apoptosis, rupture, and thrombosis.
Single-Molecule Enzymology, Part A, the latest volume in the Methods in Enzymology series, continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field.
Environmental Fate and Transport Analysis with Compartment Modeling explains how to use the powerful, highly flexible, and intuitive compartment approach to estimate the distribution of chemical contaminants in environmental media in time and space.
The effort to understand and combat infectious diseases has, during the centuries, produced many key advances in science and medicineincluding the development of vaccines, drugs, and other treatments.
Newer Methods of Nutritional Biochemistry: With Applications and Interpretations, Volume II provides information pertinent to nutritional biochemistry, including the development in enzyme concepts and methodology.
