Chemical biology

The formation of disulphide bonds is probably the most influential modification of proteins.

The formation of disulfide bonds is probably the most influential modification of peptides and proteins.

This book highlights recent research and advances in natural product chemistry written by promising young researchers in this field who have played a central role for recent innovative advancements.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of genomics and its diverse applications.

The book presents a systematic and detailed introduction on starch debranching enzymes concerning the classification, biochemical properties, features on sequences and structures, enzyme engineering, production, and current applications.

This book has a pedigree.

This collection explores detailed experimental protocols necessary for setting up a variety of in vitro cytochrome P450 (CYP) assays that are vital in selecting drug candidates in a drug discovery pipeline.

This second edition further develops the principles of applying kinetic principles to drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters.

The pharmaceutical industry has become increasingly interested in biologics from animal venoms as a potential source for therapeutic agents in recent years, with a particularly emphasis on peptides.

This book examines the commercial role of various microbial polysaccharides and recent advances in their production.

This detailed volume presents numerous methods used in bioengineering to create new synthetic promoters in various organisms.

This detailed volume provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art metabolomics methods based on mass spectrometry (MS), and their application in food, nutrition, and biomedical research.

The 18th ESACT meeting was celebrated in Granada (Spain) in May 2003, and was entitled "e;Animal Cell Technology Meets Genomics"e;, in order to reflect that the emerging technologies in the area of genomics, proteomics and other "e;-omics"e;-type disciplines will provide key technological assets to increase knowledge and open new horizons in animal cell technology.

This volume is concerned with the enzymes of the nervous system.

Carbohydrate Chemistry provides review coverage of all publications relevant to the chemistry of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in a given year.

This second edition volume expands on the previous edition with new chapters and updated discussions on the latest advancements in the development and practice of metabolic phenotyping.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of peroxisomes and their role in human diseases.

This second edition volume presents new and updated protocols on comprehensive compendium of clinical metabolomics protocols covering LC-MS, GC-MS, CE-MS, and NMR-based clinical metabolomics as well as bioinformatics and study design considerations.

Ethers and crown ethers are important structural parts of many man-made or natural organic materials with medicinal, agrochemical or technological attributes.

Carbohydrate Chemistry provides review coverage of all publications relevant to the chemistry of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in a given year.

Carbohydrate Chemistry provides review coverage of all publications relevant to the chemistry of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in a given year.

The Organizing Committee of the 15th International Conference on Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases compiled a group of junior investigators to provide reviews on the topics they presented at the Puerto Vallarta Bioactive Lipids conference, as part of the book series, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB).

Recent studies have shown that cells from adipose tissue are capable of trafficking to tumors, thus enabling paracrine action of adipokines from within the tumor microenvironment.

Molecular and Cellular Enzymology addresses not only experienced enzymologists but also students, teachers and academic and industrial researchers who are confronted with enzymological problems during their fundamental or applied research.

Sphingolipids are lipid components of the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells with an important function in signaling mechanisms in the cell.

Ion channels are biological nanotubes that are formed by membrane proteins.

This fully updated volume explores different classes of lipid transporters, such as lipid transfer proteins, flippases, and scramblases, and significant advances in solving their biological functions.

This unique work compiles the latest knowledge around veterinary nutraceuticals, commonly referred to as dietary supplements, from ingredients to final products in a single source.

Molecular hydrogen (H2) has emerged as a promising therapeutic and preventive medical gas.

Soil enzymes are one of the vital key mediators involved in nutrient recycling and the decomposition of organic matter and thereby in maintaining soil quality and fertility.

This book provides comprehensive methods and protocols about enzyme design.

Protein hydrolysates, otherwise commonly known as peptones or peptides, are used in a wide variety of products in fermentation and biotechnology industries.

The goal of this book is to explore the complexity of a microscopic bit of matter that exists in a myriad of copies within our bodies, the voltage-sensitive ion channel.

This book introduces the new concept of "e;nanozyme"e;, which refers to nanomaterials with intrinsic enzymatic activity, rather than nanomaterials with biological enzymes incorporated on the surface.

This volume details cutting-edge methods and protocols for the development, characterization, and applications of multienzyme assemblies.

This book explores the latest developments in the field the acute phase protein (APP), C-reactive protein or CRP in different diseases, highlighting the structural and functional aspects of CRP in disease biology.

This essentialvolume comprehensively discusses redox-active therapeutics, focusingparticularly on their molecular design, mechanistic, pharmacological andmedicinal aspects.

Our objective in compiling a series of chapters on the chemical ecology of insects has been to delineate the major concepts of this discipline.

DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE 'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' Richard Dawkins'Crawls with curious facts' Sunday Times_________________________We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science.

Legumes have high potential for improving the nutritional quality of foods, but limited data on their bioactive compounds exists.

Cyclic peptides are increasingly employed as chemical tools in biology and drug discovery.

Peroxisomes are a class of ubiquitous and dynamic single membrane-bounded cell organelles, devoid of DNA, with an essentially oxidative type of metabolism.

This book will serve as a primer for readers to understand recent advances, applications, and current challenges in the field of Engineered Living Materials.

Building upon the previous volumes, The Chemical Biology of Sulfur, The Chemical Biology of Phosphorus, and The Chemical Biology of Nitrogen, this book examines the organic chemistry of life, The Chemical Biology of Carbon.

Demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of modern glycosciences, this volume covers research in the fields of polysaccharides and small carbohydrates from the synthetic and structural viewpoints, with applications ranging from biology to the bioeconomy.

This book brings together and updates the latest information on the diversity of yeasts, their molecular features and their applications in the welfare of mankind.

This book addresses special lipids produced by chemical and enzymatic interesterification and explores the interesterification process and its crucial role in the modification of oils for various applications.

This volume provides new technologies on NRPSs and related carrier protein dependent synthases, including polyketide synthases (PKS) and fatty acid synthases (FAS).