Biochemie & Biophysik

Chirality and Life

Rolf M. Flügel

<p>This book presents the fascinating formation of the first simple bioorganic molecules and describes the hidden aspects of chiral compounds, which raise questions on the molecular beginnin...

The Cell Biology of Stem Cells

Stem cells have been gaining a lot of attention in recent years. Their unique potential to self-renew and differentiate has turned them into an attractive model for the study of basic biological q...

Conjugation and Deconjugation of Ubiquitin Family Modifiers

† 1 a a 4 † 17 10 15 ubiquitin; and of 16 VCP 17 18 20 33 34 34 36 p domain. 41 42 42 43 P U 42 47 binding. C. elegans 16 In 21 22 50 51 52 53 13 and UFD 4 10 of Cdc48. 18 30 of Ufd2. COFACTOR...

Biophysical Regulation of Vascular Differentiation and Assembly

<P>Because of their ability to differentiate and develop into functional vasculature, stem cells hold tremendous promise for therapeutic applications. However, the scientific understanding a...

Quantitative Thin-Layer Chromatography

Bernd Spangenberg / Colin F. Poole / Christel Weins

Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is widely used particularly for pharmaceutical and food analysis. While there are a number of books on the qualitative identification of chemical substances by TLC,...

Was sind die Energien des 21. Jahrhunderts?

Hermann-Josef Wagner

Kaum etwas ist explosiver als die Energiefrage der Zukunft: Der Verbrauch wird aufgrund der Bevölkerungsexplosion weiter dramatisch steigen, das weltpolitische Gefüge wird aufgrund der Ressource...

Environmental Radiation Effects on Mammals

Olga A. Smirnova

Themonographisdevotedtothetheoreticalstudiesofradiationeffectsonmammals. It summarizes the results obtained by the author over the past 30 years, most of them being of high priority. In the course...

Regulation of microRNAs

Given this pervasiveness and importance of miRNA-mediated gene regulation, it should come as little surprise that miRNAs themselves are also highly regulated. However, the recent explosion of know...

Biophysics DeMYSTiFied

Daniel Goldfarb

Functional and Structural Proteomics of Glycoproteins

It has been predicted that nearly half of all human proteins are glycosylated indicating the significance of glycoproteins in human health and disease. For example, the glycans attached to protein...

Membrane and Desalination Technologies

In this essential new volume, Volume 13: Membrane and Desalination Technologies, a panel of expert researchers provide a wealth of information on membrane and desalination technologies. An advance...

Water

Denis Le Bihan

New Frontiers in Chemical Biology

<p>Despite ever-increasing investment in biomedical research, there has been a significant decline in the number of new drug approvals in recent years. In an effort to improve productivity, ...

Clinical Biochemistry

Biomedical scientists are the foundation of modern healthcare, from cancer screening to diagnosing HIV, from blood transfusion for surgery to food poisoning and infection control. Without biomedic...

Clinical Biochemistry

Biomedical scientists are the foundation of modern healthcare, from cancer screening to diagnosing HIV, from blood transfusion for surgery to food poisoning and infection control. Without biomedic...

Biophysics of Human Hair

Bharat Bhushan

Phosphorus in Action

Phosphorus (P) is a finite resource which is essential for life. It is a limiting nutrient in many ecosystems but also a pollutant which can affect biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems and chang...

Biomaterials

Jozef A. Helsen / Yannis Missirlis

<p>Replacement of a failing hip joint or other defective organs in the human body by artificial ‘spare parts’ has significantly improved our quality of life. These spare parts have to me...

Stem Cells: From Bench To Bedside (2nd Edition)

Biomarkers

This book provides an introduction to the field of biomarkers, how they have been and can be used, and how different approaches can be used to identify, characterize, and monitor biomarkers. The b...