Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Volume 14 Syngamy and Cell Cycle Control to Triacylglyerol Storage and Mobilization, Regulation of

by Meyers, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9783527306510
• ISBN10: 352730651X
• 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
Syngamy and Cell Cycle Control	1	(36)
Michael Whitaker
Synovial Mast Cells in Inflammatory Arthritis	37	(28)
Theoharis C. Theoharides
Synthesis of Peptide Mimetics and their Building Blocks	65	(26)
Bruce K. Cassels
Patricio Saez
Synthetic Peptides: Chemistry, Biology, and Drug Design	91	(32)
Tomi K. Sawyer
Systems Biology	123	(28)
H. Busch
R. Eils
Targeted Therapy: Genomic Approaches	151	(12)
Anna C. Maroney
Sergey E. Ilyin
Targeting and Intracellular Delivery of Drugs	163	(42)
Ruth Duncan
Telomerase	205	(24)
Maria Antonietta Cerone
Silvia Bacchetti
Telomere-binding Proteins in Fission Yeast	229	(16)
Junko Kanoh
Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) Genome	245	(38)
Mark D. Curtis
Ueli Grossniklaus
Therapeutic Angiogenesis	283	(40)
Mary E. Gerristen
Therapeutic Compounds in Nature as Leads for New Pharmaceuticals	323	(60)
Antony D. Buss
Brian Cox
Roger D. Waigh
Three Dimensional Cell Culture: The Importance of Microenvironment in Regulation of Function	383	(38)
Sophie A. Lelievre
Mina J. Bissell
Total Analysis Systems, Micro	421	(16)
Shigeori Takenaka
Transcription Factor NF-κB: Function, Structure, Regulation, Pathways, and Applications	437	(36)
Raymond Cheong
Andre Levchenko
Transgenic Fish	473	(32)
Pinwen Peter Chiou
Jenny Khoo
Chung Zoon Chun
Thomas T. Chen
Transgenic Mice in Biomedical Research	505	(42)
J. Willem Voncken
Marten Hofker
Transgenic Plants for Food Use	547	(32)
Susanne Stirn
Horst Lorz
Translation of RNA to Protein	579	(42)
Robert Ashley Cox
Henry Rudolph Victor Arnstein
Triacylglycerol Storage and Mobilization, Regulation of	621	(84)
Gunter Muller
Stefan Petry
Aventis Pharma Germany
Glossary of Basic Terms	705	(8)
The Twenty Amino Acids that are Combined to Form Proteins in Living Things	713	(4)
The Twenty Amino Acids with Abbreviations and Messenger RNA Code Designations	717	(2)
Complementary Strands of DNA with Base Pairing	719