Cellular biology (cytology)

An integrative view of the evolution of genetics and the natural world Even in this advanced age of genomics, the evolutionary process of unicellular and multicellular organisms is continually in debate.

To my mind, the superoxide radical discovered by Linus Pauling more than 50 years ago is about to become a major issue in Ameri- can medicine.

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology--both plant and animal.

Until some years ago serum or crude tissue extracts were used pre- dominantly or exclusively as media supplements for the cultivation of cells.

This is one of the first books to focus on the dynamic aspect of proteomes.

Endosomes are a heterogeneous population of endocytic vesicles and tubules that have captivated the interest of biologists for many years, partly due to their important cellular functions and partly due to their intriguing nature and dynamics.

A Laboratory Guide to the Tight Junction offers broad coverage of the unique methods required to investigate its characteristics.

Soil salinity is a key abiotic-stress and poses serious threats to crop yields and quality of produce.

The identification of the role of tumor stroma-the tissue in the surroundings of cancer cells-in cancer development, progression, and metastasis has revolutionized the fields of cancer biology as well as cancer therapeutics.

Methods in Kidney Cell Biology, Volume 153, represents state-of-the-art techniques in renal research that are ideal for veterans, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical scientists and principal investigators.

How Objects Store and Exert Energy

Translational control in the nervous system is important.

This long-awaited, first comprehensive book on this topic of fundamental importance in our understanding of cancer begins with an overview of cellular junctions, before covering cell-matrix junctions, cell-cell junctions and cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion in separate sections.

Dedicated to the memory of George Lefevre in recognition of his exhaustive cytogenetic analysis of the X chromosome, The Genome of Drosophila melanogaster is the complete compendium of what is known about the genes and chromosomes of this widely used model organism.

The bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds is the most comprehensive reference for birdwatchers of all levels of interest and experience.

This 2nd edition of the book on DNA methyltransferases has been comprehensively updated to reflect many novel research findings regarding the structure, function, and technology of these enzymes that have emerged over the past 6 years.

This book provides an in-depth overview of marine greens and their environmental and biotechnological applications.

This book serves as an introduction to targeted genome editing, beginning with the background of this rapidly developing field and methods for generation of engineered nucleases.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology.

The proportion of elderly people continues to increase in the western world-nearly a quarter of the population will be over 65 years by the year 2050.

The Zebrafish: Genetics, Genomics, and Transcriptomics, Fourth Edition, is the latest volume in the Methods in Cell Biology series that looks at methods for the analysis of genetics, genomics, and transcriptomics of Zebrafish.

The latest edition of this highly successful text, covers the major advances in the methods used in cellular and molecular pathology.

This book presents a concise synthesis of the current knowledge and recent advances in the structure, organization, and functional role of the cytoskeleton in endothelial cells.

International Review of Cytology

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of critical information for those working in the field of fungal biofilms, and those entering the field.

Computational Molecular modelling in Structural Biology, Volume 113, the latest release in the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on charting the Bromodomain BRD4: Towards the Identification of Novel Inhibitors with Molecular Similarity and Receptor Mapping, and Computational Methods to Discover Compounds for the Treatment of Chagas Disease.

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface.

Advances in Cancer Research

A volume in the popular FactsBook Series, the First Edition of The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook was hugely successful.

Volume 40 of Advances in Genetics brings together a complete listing of subjects covered in Volumes 20-39 of this premier series.

This book focuses upon air pollution, types of air pollutants and their impact on plant physiological and biochemical systems.

Advances in Cancer Research

International Review of Cytology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology - both plant and animal.

Principles of Neurobiology, Second Edition presents the major concepts of neuroscience with an emphasis on how we know what we know.

Paradoxically, it is the termneurosis more than perhaps any other which has the implication of organic basis.

Heating, melting, and cutting string for a wick are all part of making a candle.

This fully updated book aims to facilitate the study of the nanochannels that connect plant cells, known as plasmodesmata, and to instigate new research that will further advance our knowledge of these structures.

Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of a key topic within the multidisciplinary fields of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.

This volume discusses the latest developments in cellular, molecular, biochemical, and imaging assays to study the biology and functions of T-cells.

Mesenchymal stromal/ stem cells (MSCs) represent a heterogeneous cell population with immunomodulating, tissue repairing, differentiating, migratory and angiogenic abilities, making them important tools for clinical and translational research.

Heat Shock Proteins and Plants provides the most up-to-date and concise reviews and progress on the role of heat shock proteins in plant biology, structure and function and is subdivided into chapters focused on Small Plant HSPs (Part I), Larger Plant HSPs (Part II) and HSPs for Therapeutic Gain (Part III).

Tumors/cancers are characterized by uncontrolled growths of abnormal cells that extend beyond their usual boundaries and disrupt the normal functions of affected organs and systems.

This volume explores the diversity of distributed eyes and other unusual visual systems in nature.

This volume provides a brief resume of the history of testosterone research, from the early pioneers through to the most recent advances in the field.

Mathematics for Biological Scientists is a new undergraduate textbook which covers the mathematics necessary for biology students to understand, interpret and discuss biological questions.

Molecular Mechanisms in Cellular Growth and Differentiation describes the cellular differentiation and development.

The evolution of animal diversity is strongly affected by the origin of novel cell and tissue types and their interactions with each other.