Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Volume 3

by Meyers, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9783527305452
• ISBN10: 3527305459
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This second edition of the Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine covers the molecular and cellular basis of life, disease, and therapy at university and professional researcher level. With its 16 volumes, this is the most comprehensive and detailed treatment of molecular cell biology and molecular medicine available today. It represents a single source library for Molecular Biologists Cell Biologist Biochemists Structural Biologists Gene Technologists Developmental Biologists Medicinal Chemists Physicians Biotechnologists Pharmacologists An Editorial Board composed of renowned experts from all over the world Nobel laureates, including the 2007 Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Sir Martin Evans, Lasker Award winners and directors of prestigious institutes and university department guarantees the high quality and comprehensive scope of this work. All major disciplines comprising and supporting molecular cell biology and molecular medicine are covered in true Encyclopedic detail.Each of the over 400 articles is conceived as a self-contained treatment and begins with an outline and a keyword section, including definitions. Descriptive illustrations many in colour -, informative tables and a glossary of basic terms in each volume enable readers to understand articles without the need to consult a dictionary, textbook or other work. Numerous cross-references and a comprehensive bibliography round off every article.Praise from the reviews:"... It goes without saying that no library can afford to be without this new edition. Everyone working in the areas of molecular biology, genome research, medical science, or clinical research needs to have access to these volumes... " Angewandte Chemie"... an authoritative reference source of the highest quality... It is extremely well written and well illustrated..."American Reference Books Annual (Library & Information Science Annual - on the first edition)For further details please visit our homepage at www.meyers-emcbmm.de

Author Biography

Dr. Meyers earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of California Los Angeles, was a post-doctoral fellow at California Institute of Technology and manager of chemical processes for TRW Inc. He has published in Science, written or edited 12 scientific books and his research has been reviewed in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is one of the most prolific science editors in the world having originated, organized and served as Editor-in-Chief of three editions of the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, the Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry and two editions of the present Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Editor-in-Chief.

Editorial Board.

Contents.

List of Contributors.

Color Plates.

Chromosome Organization within the Nucleus (Wallace F. Marshall).

Chromosome, Microdissection and Microcloning (Nabil G. Hagag).

Circular Dichroism in Protein Analysis (Zhijing Dang and Jonathan D. Hirst).

Combinatorial Phage Antibody Libraries (Michael B. Zwick, R. Anthony Williamson, Dennis R. Burton).

Cytochrome P450 (Michael R. Waterman, Irina A. Pikuleva).

Cytokines: Interleukins (Anthony Meager).

Cytomegalovirus and Varicella–zoster Virus Vaccines (Lawrence A. Hunt).

Denaturation of DNA (R. D. Blake).

Dendritic Cells (Manfred B. Lutz, Thomas Berger, Erwin Schultz, Alexander Steinkasserer).

Design and Application of Synthetic Peptides (Gregory A. Grant).

Developmental Cell Biology (Frank John Dye).

Diabetes Insipidus, Molecular Biology of (Alexander Oksche, Peter Pohl, Gerd Krause, Walter Rosenthal).

Dictyostelium Discoideum: Cellular Slime Mold (Annette M.. uller-Taubenberger, Markus Maniak).

DNA Damage Induced by Ultraviolet Radiation (David L. Mitchell).

DNA Libraries (Chengcang Wu, Zhanyou Xu, Hong-Bin Zhang).

DNA Repair in Yeast (Errol C. Friedberg and Paula L. Fischhaber).

DNA Replication and Transcription (Yusaku Nakabeppu, Hisaji Maki, and Mutsuo Sekiguchi).

DNA Typing Analysis (Chantal J. Fr´egeau, R´emy A. Aubin, Bruce Budowle, Ron M. Fourney).

DNA, Repressor–Operator Recognition (Peter G. Stockley and Simon E.V. Phillips).

DNA–Protein Interactions (Sylvie Rimsky, Malcolm Buckle).

Down Syndrome, Molecular Genetics of (Charles J. Epstein).

Drosophila Genome (Robert D.C. Saunders).

Drug Bioavailability, Distribution and Clearance Prediction (William Bains).

E. Coli Genome (Hirotada Mori, Takashi Horiuchi).

E-Cell: Computer Simulation of the Cell (Pawan Dhar, Kouichi Takahashi, Yoichi Nakayama, Masaru Tomita).

Glossary of Basic Terms.

The Twenty Amino Acids that are Combined to Form Proteins in Living Things.

The Twenty Amino Acids with Abbreviations and Messenger RNA Code Designations.

Complementary Strands of DNA with Base Pairing.