Chemical biology

This book overviews purinergic receptors that are playing key roles in human and pathophysiological processes.

This volume explores microRNA function in a wide array of human disorders, providing a clinical basis for precision medicine and personalized therapies using these molecules.

Biorationals or biopesticides are pest control agents of biological origin.

This volume thoroughly explores of the functional role of microRNAs in cancer.

This thesis describes a series of investigations designed to assess the value of metalloenzymes in systems for artificial and adapted photosynthesis.

This book discusses a broad range of basic and advanced topics in the field of protein structure, function, folding, flexibility, and dynamics.

Chitin, Chitosan and Derivatives for Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering, by Antonio Francesko and Tzanko Tzanov Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and their Applications, by Guo-Qiang Chen.

This book provides a comprehensive, organized, and concise overview of xenobiotic metabolic enzymes and their health implications.

In 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal kingdom.

This book presents numerous uses of biosurfactants as potential alternatives to synthetic surfactants in food, textile, biomedical and therapeutic applications as well as in bioremediation and waste management.

Today, veterinary science experiences major development in all its fields as a consequence of continuous technological advances in diagnostic tools and breakthrough in applied genomics and biology.

Proteomics is a well-established area of Science; yet with a strong area in constant evolution, namely sample treatment.

This edited book provides knowledge about hemicelluloses biorefinery approaching production life cycle, circular economy, and valorization by obtaining value-added bioproducts and bioenergy.

This volume presents both theoretical guidance and protocols on chemogenomics including chemogenomics library assembly, compound profiling, and phenotypic assays.

Metal ions play key roles in biology.

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) represent one of the most promising and exciting areas of anticancer drug discovery.

There has been enormous progress in our understanding of molybdenum and tungsten enzymes and relevant inorganic complexes of molybdenum and tungsten over the past twenty years.

This excellent book covers wide-ranging topics in interdisciplinary microbiology, addressing various research aspects and highlighting advanced discoveries and innovations.

Animal cell technology is a growing discipline of cell biology which aims not only to understand structures, functions and behaviors of differentiated animal cells, but also to ascertain their abilities to be used in industrial and medical purposes.

Cyberbiosecurity applies cybersecurity research to the field of biology, and, to a lesser degree, applies biological principles to the field of cybersecurity.

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

This book provides detailed protocols and untold tips and tricks regarding the most well-known examples of proximity labeling methods, in which the protein of interest is genetically fused to or labeled with an enzyme that can generate short-lived reactive species to non-specifically label molecules within a certain radius of up to twenty nanometers.

The objective of this workshop was to examine the nature of plasma membrane electron transport and how this electron transport contributes to growth of cells.

Obesity and diabetes develop as a complex result of genetic, metabolic and environmental factors and are characterized by increased lipogenesis and lipid accumulation in many tissues.

There is a widespread consensus that use of antioxidants as a therapeutic approach may counteract free radical mediated pathologies.

Microalgae are a diverse set of eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms with great potential for being used to produce various high-value molecules.

This much-needed book is the first definitive volume on Euglena in twenty-fire years, offering information on its atypical biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, and potential biotechnology applications.

This second edition volume expands all chapters of the previous edition, which have been enhanced to cover the most recent developments, the current state of method research, and applications.

Proteomics is a well-established area of Science; yet with a strong area in constant evolution, namely sample treatment.

This book provides a complete overview of cutting-edge research on insect sex pheromones and pheromone communication systems.

This volume represents a collection of lectures delivered by outstanding specialists in the fields of biophysics and of related scientific disciplines th during the 7 International Summer School on Biophysics held in Rovinj, Croatia from 14 to 25 September 2000 under the title "e;Super molecular Structure and Function "e;.

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

This volume explores analytical methods to study complex lipid mixtures from plants and algae.

The concept of 'biomineralization' signifies mineralization processes that take place in close association with organic molecules or matrices.

More than 100 years ago, Dr Casimir Funk suggested the existence of a family of organic substances that are essential for life and thus introduced the concept of "e;vital amines"e; as essential nutrients with a specific action, requiring only minute amount with the power to cure a specific disease.

The second edition of this book presents the role of osmolytes in human health and diseases.

Understanding and quantifying the effects of membrane transporters within the human body is essential for modulating drug safety and drug efficacy.

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.

Obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer in older women.

Sonocrystallization of Fats will summarize the latest research efforts and discoveries in the relatively new area of sonocrystallization of edible lipids.

This book is a compilation of detailed articles on various products and services that can be derived from bioresources through bioprocess.

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Veterinary science is continuously achieving important developments in all its fields as a result of continuous technological advances in diagnostic tools and applied biology.

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

This book examines the mechanisms and functions of tonic immobility, the so-called death feigning behavior, or thanatosis, or animal hypnosis.

This book provides basic knowledge of the biology, chemistry, and function of oxysterols and its derivatives as well as of phytosterols in numerous human diseases.

This book fills in a gap in the NO literature.

This book delves into the correlation between different enzymes and neurodegenerative disorders.

This book offers a comprehensive review of the latest developments, challenges and trends in C1-based (one-carbon based) bioproduction, and it presents an authoritative account of one-carbon compounds as promising alternative microbial feedstocks.