Biochemie & Biophysik

Non-Protein Coding RNAs

The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to the discoverers of RNA interference, Andrew Fire and Craig Mello. This prize, which follows “RNA” Nobels for splicing and RNA cata...

Nutritional Supplements in Sports and Exercise

<P>In the ever-growing field of sports nutrition and nutritional supplementation, it is imperative to have a comprehensive and extensive guide, which is exactly what <EM>Nutritional Su...

Biofuels

Ayhan Demirbas

<P>Biofuel is a renewable energy source produced from natural materials. The benefits of biofuels over traditional petroleum fuels include greater energy security, reduced environmental impa...

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 199

<P>Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor...

Taurine 7

<P>Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is an enigmatic compound abounding in animal tissues. It is present at relatively high concentrations in all electrically excitable tissues such as br...

Molecular Biomethods Handbook

<P>Recent advances in the biosciences have led to a range of powerful new technologies, particularly nucleic acid, protein and cell-based methodologies. The most recent insights have come to...

Nucleic Acid-Metal Ion Interactions

Natural biochemical processes are routinely being discovered in living cells that involve RNA. Some of these processes, such as RNA interference, are now being exploited for biotechnology and medi...

Metallothioneins In Biochemistry And Pathology

Coral Bleaching

<P>One of the most dire consequences of global climate change for coral reefs is the increased frequency and severity of mass coral bleaching events. This volume provides information on the ...

Bioinformatics: Sequence Alignment and Markov Models

Kal Renganathan Sharma

Evolution from Cellular to Social Scales

Evolution is a critical challenge for many areas of science, technology and development of society. The book reviews general evolutionary facts such as origin of life and evolution of the genome a...

Iron Metabolism

Iron plays a crucial role in many biochemical processes. In recent years intensive research has led to a better understanding of the function of iron in cellular metabolism. In more than twenty ar...

Microcharacterization of Proteins

Helmut E. Meyer / Roland Kellner / Friedrich Lottspeich

Proteomics - the analysis of the whole set of proteins and their functions in a cell - is based on the revolutionary developments which have been achieved in protein analysis during the last years...

Mechanosensitivity of the Nervous System

<P>This book presents the latest findings in mechanosensitivity of the nervous system. The nervous system stands out from a number of tissues because besides reacting to the mechanical stres...

Isotopes in Biochemistry

The <b>Novartis Foundation Series</b> is a popular collection of the proceedings from <i>Novartis Foundation Symposia</i>, in which groups of leading scientists from a rang...

Biochemie - Zellbiologie

Dieser Band zur Biochemie/Zellbiologie vermittelt Dir die Grundlagen zur Struktur und Funktion der Zelle als kleinster Lebenseinheit: biochemische Prozesse, Energetik, Aufbau und Organisation der ...

Molecular Imaging: Computer Reconstruction and Practice

This volume collects the lectures presented at the ninth ESI School held at Archamps (FR) in November 2006 and is dedicated to nuclear physics applications in molecular imaging. The lectures focus...

Applications of Mass Spectrometry in Life Safety

This book brings into focus the hot topics of life science for which mass spectrometry is becoming THE tool of analysis, and provides a comprehensive review of the research topics most pertinent t...

Biological Invasions Belowground: Earthworms as Invasive Species

<P>The papers in this book are based on efforts by an international group of soil ecologists to assess the biological and ecological mechanisms of earthworm invasions. They examine their geo...

Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes

<P>Increasing evidence suggests that the composition and spatial configuration – the pattern – of forest landscapes affect many ecological processes, including the movement and persisten...