Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Volume 12 Recombination and Genome Rearrangements to Serial Analysis of Gene Expression

by Meyers, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9783527306497
• ISBN10: 3527306498
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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

Robert A. 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 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	v
Editor-in-Chief	ix
Editorial Board	xi
List of Contributors	xix
Color Plates	xxiii
Recombination and Genome Rearrangements	1	(22)
Hannah L. Klein
Regulation of Stem Cell	23	(44)
Anil Kumar
Regulation of Stem Cell Populations	67	(32)
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa
Regulome	99	(10)
Miguel A. Andrade
Michael A. Rudnicki
Repair and Mutagenesis of DNA	109	(18)
Raymond Devoret
Repetitive Sequence and Noncoding DNA Evolution in Eukaryotes	127	(12)
Josep M. Comeron
Replication and the Cell Cycle	139	(76)
Helena E. Richardson
Leonie M. Quinn
Nancy Amin
Anabel Herr
Julie Secombe
Anthony M. Brumby
Kathryn M. Doyle
Patrick O. Humbert
Reporter Gene System: Green Fluorescent Protein	215	(34)
Boon Chuan Low
Zhiyuan Gong
Reproduction of Plants	249	(48)
Jaroslava Dubova
Jan Hejatko
Jiri Friml
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine	297	(26)
Edward E. Walsh
Restriction Endonuclease and DNA-Modification Methyltransferases	323	(24)
Albert Jeltsch
Richard I. Gumport
Retinoblastoma, Molecular Genetics of	347	(28)
Vivette D. Brown
Brenda L. Gallie
Retinoids and the Chemical Biology of the Visual Cycle	375	(24)
Robert R. Rando
Retrovirus Integration, Biological and Biochemical Machineries for	399	(14)
Duane Grandgenett
Sibes Bera
Rhythmic and Temporal Processes in Biology	413	(70)
Russell G. Foster
Stuart Peirson
David Whitmore
Ribosome, High Resolution Structure and Function	483	(30)
Christiane Schaffitzel
Nenad Ban
Ribozymes	513	(14)
Joyce E. Heckman
RNA Interference	527	(28)
John G. Doench
Carl Novina
RNA Methodologies	555	(26)
Robert E. Farrell, Jr.
RNA Secondary Structures	581	(24)
Ivo L. Hofacker
Peter F. Stadler
RNA Three-Dimensional Structures, Computer Modeling of	605	(32)
Francois Major
Philippe Thibault
Sense of Smell	637	(70)
Robert P. Lane
Gregory S. Smutzer
Richard L. Doty
Serial Analysis of Gene Expression	707	(20)
Jacques Marti
Jean-Marc Elalouf
Glossary of Basic Terms	727	(8)
The Twenty Amino Acids that are Combined to Form Proteins in Living Things	735	(4)
The Twenty Amino Acids with Abbreviations and Messenger RNA Code Designations	739	(2)
Complementary Strands of DNA with Base Pairing	741