Biology, life sciences

The analytical toxicologist may be required to detect, identify, and in many cases measure a wide variety of compounds in samples from almost any part of the body or in related materials such as residues in syringes or in soil.

Rice is the most important food crop for half the world's population.

There is an urgent need to uncover new therapies that will protect against malaria, as the parasite becomes increasingly resistant to available drugs and this book offers insights into three interrelated aspects of the malaria-infected erythrocyte: * The transport of solutes into and out of the infected cell and the use of specific trafficking pathways in drug targeting * The traffic of proteins produced by the intracellular parasite as an essential process for the biogenesis of transport systems.

Gramicidin and Related Ion Channel-Forming Peptides Chair: Bonnie Wallace 1999 Gramicidin channels have been studied intensively for more than 25 years as model transport systems for large protein ion channels, high resolution structural information on which is difficult to glean.

Brings together key new results of interdisciplinary collaborations among various research fields on rhodopsin including the photoreceptive mechanism of rhodopsins, the molecular mechanism of the visual transduction process, visual processes in the retina and other transduction processes in the retina and brain.

Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant DefenceChair: John A.

'Homology' as a concept became increasingly elusive during the course of the 20th century.

Microbial responses to acidic and alkaline pH are important in many areas of bacteriology.

Gap Junction-Mediated Intercellular Signalling in Health and Disease Chairman: Norton B.

Sensory Guidance of MovementChairman: Mitchell Glickstein, 1998 In the past few years there has been an increasing recognition of the multiplicity of sensory and motor areas of the cerebral cortex.

This book brings together material on all aspects of immunological tolerance.

Epigenetics pertains to the development of an organism from an undifferential cell, resulting in the successive formation and development of organs and parts that did not pre-exist in the fertilized egg.

A comprehensive volume examining the fundamental questions raised by reductionists' theory about levels of explanation necessary to understand biological systems.

A timely volume dealing with the evolutionary and structural links between the clotting and fibrinolytic proteins and plasminogen-related growth factors.

Telomeres and TelomeraseChairman: Sydney Brenner, 1997 Telomeres are the protective genetic elements located at the ends of chromosomes and are essential for correct chromosomal structure and function.

The use of oligonucleotides as therapeutic agents rests upon their ability to interfere, in a sequence-specific manner, with the fundamental machinery of protein synthesis either by binding to the mRNAs transcribed from a gene or by binding directly to a target gene.

This book contains chapters by some of the leading figures in the field of evolutionary psychology.

Antibiotic Resistance: Origins, Evolution, Selection and SpreadChairman: Stuart B.

Asthma is a growing health problem throughout the developed world.

The molecular mechanisms and protein species associated with the mineralization of mature dental enamel are active areas of research.

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

This book explores the possibility that life exists on Mars.

This volume examines obesity disorders which can lead to diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia.

This new work contains the first integrated discussion of the role of olfaction in mosquito-host interactions.

Amyloid fibrils are associated with a range of pathological disorders including Alzheimer's Disease, Down's syndrome, diabetes, cardiomyopathies, and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

Many different pathological conditions are currently under investigation as therapeutic targets of purines including cancer, cardiovascular conditions, behavioural disorders, inflammation, immunoregulation, and neuroendocrine function.

The mapping of human genes is proceeding rapidly.

Degeneration of sensory receptors or of the nerves innervating them leads to a sensory deficit.

T cells are a specialized population of immune cells that aid the immune system in combating various types of invading pathogens.

This book offers a fresh perspective on the controversial topic of criminal and antisocial behavior.

This book details the rapidly advancing research on the development of the cerebral cortex.

Drawing together contributions from a diverse group of international experts in the field, this collection of papers examines the biology and pathology of elastin at the molecular level.

Prominent clinicians and researchers from diverse disciplines discuss the basic cell and molecular biology of steroid action and sex steroids' effects on the nervous and immune systems.

This book describes a diverse analysis of the five somatostatin receptors; somatostatin gene regulation; promatostatin processing; mechanisms of signal transduction; and the design and use of somatostatin analogues, including their possible clinical implications.

Experts in their respective fields present papers concerned with the range of human diseases caused by defective or abnormal functioning of cell adhesion molecules.

Renowned contributors provide comprehensive coverage of calcium gradients, waves and oscillations in diverse systems.

Describes the structure and function of important peptides from several different organisms.

A compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine.

Prestigious contributors describe the genetic, molecular, anatomical and neurochemical mechanisms and pathways that operate to regulate and control circadian rhythmicity and functioning in organisms ranging from unicellular algae to human beings.

Connects classical cellular descriptive studies with more recent work on the molecular and genetic aspects regarding germline development.

Neural tube defects are the second most common cause of perinatal death from birth defects in the United Kingdom.

Prestigious contributors summarize current knowledge regarding the biosynthesis of tetrapyrrole pigments--chlorophyll, haem, vitamin B12.

Recent application of the techniques of molecular biology and patch-clamp physiology has led to rapid advances in understanding the molecular events in chemosensory transduction.

Written for psychologists, educational psychologists and developmental biologists, this volume explores the concept of giftedness, including its definition, origins and development.

Using a multidisciplinary approach, it features contributions and discussions of the latest research from leading scientists working on all aspects of GTPase activity.

Discusses those aspects of environmental change which might have direct or indirect effects on human health.

Documents the latest results and opinions on the causes and possible cures for this disorder.

Working on Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in a variety of systems, experts present a coherent depiction of this peptide's role in the control and coordination of the response to stress-inducing situations.

A comprehensive review of current thinking on the biosynthesis, function and evolution of secondary metabolites in animals, plants and microorganisms.

Comprised of the latest developments in cell cycle research, it analyzes the principles underlying the control of cell division.