Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Volume 15 Triplet Repeat Diseases to Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Genome and Genetics

by Meyers, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9783527306527
• ISBN10: 3527306528
• 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
Triplet Repeat Diseases	1	(60)
Stephan J. Guyenet
Albert R. La Spada
Two-photon Microscopy and Imaging	61	(28)
Patrick Theer
Bernd Kuhn
Dorine Keusters
Winfried Denk
Ubiquitin-Proteasome System for Controlling Cellular Protein Levels	89	(22)
Michael H. Clickman
Aaron Ciechanover
Vaccination, Genetic	111	(24)
Joerg Reimann
Martin Schleef
Reinhold Schirmbeck
Vaccine Approaches for Protection Against HIV	135	(22)
Stephen M. Smith
Mahender Singh
Kuan-Teh Jeang
Vaccine Research and Development Methodology	157	(22)
Jens-Peter Gregersen
Variation and Conservation of the Development of Animal Bodies: Evolutionary Developmental Biology	179	(22)
Francoise Mazet
Sebastian M. Shimeld
Vascular Development and Angiogenesis	201	(32)
M. Luisa Iruela-Arispe
Vectors and Gene Therapy	233	(54)
Edward A. Burton
David J. Fink
Joseph C. Glorioso
Vector System: Plasmid DNA	287	(44)
Rajkumar Banerjee
Leaf Huang
Vector Targeting in Gene Therapy	331	(36)
Yosuke Kawakami
David T. Curiel
Vertebrate Mitochondrial DNA	367	(20)
Max Ingman
Ulf Gyllensten
Viral Inhibitors and Immune Response Mediators: The Interferons	387	(36)
Anthony Meager
Virus-Cell Interactions	423	(62)
Andrew J. Mouland
Nikolaus Heveker
Anne Gatignol
Virus-free Gene Transfer Systems in Somatic Gene Therapy	485	(20)
Oliver Kayser
Albrecht F. Kiderlen
Vitamin Receptors	505	(30)
Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti
Vitamins, Structure and Function of	535	(20)
Donald B. McCormick
Whole Genome Human Chromosome Physical Mapping	555	(18)
Cassandra L. Smith
Giang H. Nguyen
Denan Wang
Nickolaev Bukanov
Xenotransplantation in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	573	(20)
Gregory J. Brunn
Jeffrey L. Platt
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Genome and Genetics	593	(34)
Ralf Dahm
Robert Geisler
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
Glossary of Basic Terms	627	(8)
The Twenty Amino Acids that are Combined to Form Proteins in Living Things	635	(4)
The Twenty Amino Acids with Abbreviations and Messenger RNA Code Designations	639	(2)
Complementary Strands of DNA with Base Pairing	641