Molecular biology

Human health depends upon access to high-quality proteins for our diet and pharmaceutical use.

Biomarkers of Kidney Disease, Second Edition, focuses on the basic and clinical research of biomarkers in common kidney diseases, detailing the characteristics of an ideal biomarker.

This book focuses on cold habitat microbes as a potential source of elite enzymes and secondary metabolites to meet the growing demands of the pharmaceutical, food and biotechnological industries.

Biological NMR, Part B, the latest release in the Methods of Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Protein methyl labeling, Membrane protein expression - yeast, Protein aromatic labeling, His-tag/Metal contamination, Bicelles, nanodiscs & micelles MP host, PTM - phosphorylation, PTM - lipidation, Screening platform for receptor-ligand discovery, Solution Spectroscopy, Large protein strategies, NUS data collection/analysis, F19 incl.

Molecular Diagnostics, Third Edition, focuses on the technologies and applications that professionals need to work in, develop, and manage a clinical diagnostic laboratory.

G protein coupled receptors remain the most important class of therapeutic targets in medicine.

Coronary Calcium: A Comprehensive Understanding of Its Biology, Use in Screening, and Interventional Management provides a comprehensive update on the current understanding of the significance of coronary artery calcification, showing the connection to the development of advanced atherosclerosis that will lead to better risk evaluations.

Zebrafish are widely considered an excellent model system for vertebrate development.

Plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes are increasingly important in relation to food security, quarantine measures, ecology (including pollution studies), and research on host-parasite interactions.

The demands of producing high-quality, pathogen-free food rely increasingly on natural sources of antimicrobials to inhibit food spoilage organisms, foodborne pathogens, and toxins.

In this book, expert authors describe advanced solar photon conversion approaches that promise highly efficient photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical cells with sophisticated architectures on the one hand, and plastic photovoltaic coatings that are inexpensive enough to be disposable on the other.

Micro/Nanofluidics and Lab-on-Chip Based Emerging Technologies for Biomedical and Translational Research Applications, Volume 185, Part A represents the collation of chapters written by eminent scientists worldwide.

Malaria causes more death and disease than any other parasitic pathogen known today.

This volume on applied pharmaceutical science and microbiology looks at the latest research on the applications of natural products for drug uses.

Hidden problems, buried deep in the pipe networks of water distribution systems, are very serious potential threats to water quality.

From the slippery covering on rocks in a stream, to the clogging slime in a bathtub drain, biofilms are present in everyday life in a variety of forms.

A broad, hands on guide with detailed explanations of current methodology, relevant exercises and popular software tools.

Developments and Applications of Enzymes from Thermophilic Microorganisms extensively presents the industrial application of thermophilic/hyperthermophilic enzymes.

This special issue of The Enzymes is targeted towards researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, and cancer.

Biophysical Chemistry explores the concepts of physical chemistry and molecular structure that underlie biochemical processes.

Klonieren im Humanbereich umfasst Handlungsmöglichkeiten, die ethisch unterschiedlich beurteilt werden - so z.

Neuroepigenetics and Mental Illness, Volume 158, the latest release in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, seeks to provide the most topical, informative, and exciting monographs available on a wide variety of research topics related to prions, viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes.

Lignin is a generic name for the complex aromatic polymers that are major components of vascular plant tissues.

In this book, the progress during the last ten years is reviewed and future plans outlined to realize and establish the concept of design in the biological sciences.

Fluorescence imaging, at macro, micro, and submicro scales, has revolutionized biological science in the past 30 years.

Acute Phase Proteins covers all major aspects of acute phase proteins (APP) starting with molecular mechanisms regulating their synthesis and ending with their functional significance.

This edited volume presents recent advancements in genetic transformation and genome editing, offering a comprehensive understanding of their applications for creating more sustainable crops.

Plant Biotechnology and Development is the first of a series of publications designed to provide readers with an overview of current topics in plant molecular biology.

A look at the amazing, groovy world of microbes With more than 1,000 posts and 2 million views, the esteemed blog Small Things Considered has been sparking the imagination of microbiologists for an entire decade.

Fungal Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics, Volume 100, the latest release in the Advances in Genetics series, presents users with new chapters that delve into such topics as the Advances of fungal phylogenomics and the impact on fungal systematics, Data crunching for fungal phylogenomics: insights into data collection and phylogenetic inference based on genome data for fungi, Genomic and epigenomic traits of emerging fungal pathogens, Advances in fungal gene cluster diversity and evolution, Phylogenomics of Fusarium oxysporum species complex, Phylogenomic analyses of pathogenic yeasts, and the Phylogenetics and phylogenomics of rust fungi.

This new edition describes the role of heat shock proteins in the life cycle of malaria parasites, particularly in the context of intracellular parasite stages.

The book on Trends in Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching: New Perspectives and Applications focuses on the recent advances in the field of quorum sensing in bacteria and the novel strategies developed for quorum sensing inhibition.

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

Molecular Biology of Weed Control assesses the impact of the new tools of molecular biology on the science of weed control as well as the ways in which the science of weed control has helped and influenced molecular biology.

Lanzkowsky's Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Sixth Edition, is a comprehensive book on patient management, replete with algorithms and flow diagrams on diagnosis and management.

This volume on iron-sulfur proteins includes chapters that describe the initial discovery of iron-sulfur proteins in the 1960s to elucidation of the roles of iron sulfur clusters as prosthetic groups of enzymes, such as the citric acid cycle enzyme, aconitase, and numerous other proteins, ranging from nitrogenase to DNA repair proteins.

RNA polymerase is molecule important to gene transcription.

Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research.

Biofilms represent the natural living style of microbial communities and play a pivotal role in biogeochemical cycles and natural attenuation.

Quantitative tools are becoming increasingly important in order to understand complex cascade of signal transduction events, pathways or biochemical reactions.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence have propelled research across various molecular science disciplines thanks to the rapid progress in computing hardware, algorithms, and data accumulation.

The book is a comprehensive compilation of applied knowledge for developing resistant varieties to all the major biotrophs, hemibiotrophs and necrotrophs pathogens of crucifers through the use of latest biotechnological approaches.

Published nearly ten years ago, the first edition of Practical Atlas for Bacterial Identification broke new ground with the wealth of detail and breadth of information it provided.

The field of lymphokine research has grown in parallel to the exciting developments around the two sets of cells which defend the body.

Knowledge of the basic mechanisms of human disease is essential for any student or professional engaged in drug research and development.

Genome-editing methods are becoming routine tools for molecular and cell biologists.

Diagnostics plays a vital role in identifying infectious diseases that have the potential to become an epidemic, such as dengue.

This book provides up-to-date coverage at an advanced level of a range of topics in the biochemistry and molecular biology of plant hormones, with particular emphasis on biosynthesis, metabolism and mechanisms of action.

The field of industrial microbiology involves a thorough knowledge of the microbial physiology behind the processes in the large-scale, profit-oriented production of microbe-related goods which are the subject of the field.