Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Volume 13 Sex Hormones (Male): Analogs and Antagonists to Synchrotron Infrared Microspectroscopy

by Meyers, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9783527306503
• ISBN10: 3527306501
• 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
Sex Hormones (Male): Analogs and Antagonists	1	(70)
Robert W. Brueggemeier
Shotgun Sequencing (SGS)	71	(44)
Jun Yu
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Jian Wang
Huanming Yang
Signaling Through JAKs and STATs: Interferons Lead the Way	115	(28)
Christian Schindler
Jessica Melillo
Signal Transduction Mediated by Heptahelical Receptors and Heterotrimeric G Proteins	143	(48)
Terence E. Hebert
John K. Northup
R. Victor Rebois
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Blocks and Haplotypes: Human MHC Block Diversity	191	(26)
E.J. Yunis
J. Zuniga
C.E. Larsen
M. Fernandez-Vina
J. Granados
Z.L. Awdeh
C.A. Alper
Skin, Molecular Cell Biology of	217	(34)
Annette Wysocki
Thomas Mustoe
Gregory Schultz
Somatic Gene Therapy	251	(18)
M. Schweizer
E. Flory
C. Munk
Uwe Gottschalk
K. Cichutek
Spatial and Temporal Expression Patterns in Animals	269	(42)
Werner E.G. Muller
Sphingolipid and Glycolipid Biology	311	(16)
Anthony H. Futerman
Stem Cells	327	(36)
Stewart Sell
Stem Cells, Adult	363	(18)
Jason H. Pomerantz
Helen M. Blau
Stem Cells, Embryonic	381	(20)
Mahendra Rao
Stem Cells (Human Embryonic) and Cancer	401	(8)
Maty Tzukerman
Karl Skorecki
Stem Cells in the Adult Brain: Their Identification and Role in Neurogenesis	409	(28)
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Erica L. Jackson
Streptomyces, Molecular Biology of	437	(26)
Paul Herron
Emma Tilley
Iain Hunter
Stress-Induced Expression of Heat Shock Proteins and Action of the Heat Shock Protein Effectors	463	(54)
Bernd Bukau
Elizabeth A. Craig
Richard I. Morimoto
Arthur L. Horwich
Structure-based Drug Design and NMR-based Screening	517	(90)
David J. Craik
Richard J. Clark
Structure, Function and Biogenesis of Peroxisomes	607	(30)
Joel M. Goodman
Superantigens	637	(16)
Matthew D. Baker
K. Ravi Acharya
Supermolecular Protein Complexes	653	(18)
Jianpeng Ma
Synchrotron Infrared Microspectroscopy	671	(30)
Nebojsa S. Marinkovic
Mark R. Chance
Glossary of Basic Terms	701	(8)
The Twenty Amino Acids that are Combined to Form Proteins in Living Things	709	(4)
The Twenty Amino Acids with Abbreviations and Messenger RNA Code Designations	713	(2)
Complementary Strands of DNA with Base Pairing	715