Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

  • Mutations in Human Genetic Disease
    Mutations in Human Genetic Disease
    Editor David N. Cooper and Jian-Min Chen
    ISBN 978-953-51-0790-3
    294 pages, October, 2012
    Downloads: 1375
    Different types of mutation can vary in size, from structural variants to single base-pair substitutions, but what they all have in common is that their nature, size and location are often determined either by specific characteristics of the local DN ...
  • Cell Interaction
    Cell Interaction
    Editor Sivakumar Gowder
    ISBN 978-953-51-0792-7
    322 pages, October, 2012
    Downloads: 1114
    The book Cell Interaction focuses on various processes that occur within and outside the cells. Cell interactions are important for functioning of many organ systems: cell adhesion, tissue development, cellular communication, inflammation, tumor meta ...
  • Cell-Free Protein Synthesis
    Cell-Free Protein Synthesis
    Editor Manish Biyani
    ISBN 978-953-51-0803-0
    134 pages, October, 2012
    Downloads: 958
    The Nobel Prize in Medicine 1968 for interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis and in Chemistry 2009 for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome highlighted the ground-breaking experiment performed on May ...
  • Lipoproteins - Role in Health and Diseases
    Lipoproteins - Role in Health and Diseases
    Editor Sasa Frank and Gerhard Kostner
    ISBN 978-953-51-0773-6
    758 pages, October, 2012
    Downloads: 788
    By typing into databases such as Medline or PubMed the word “lipoprotein” one gets more than 100.000 hits that highlight the common interest in this topic. It is actually impossible to cover all aspects of lipoprotein structure, function, ...
  • Antioxidant Enzyme
    Antioxidant Enzyme
    Editor Mohammed Amr El-Missiry
    ISBN 978-953-51-0789-7
    400 pages, October, 2012
    Downloads: 844
    Free radicals are constantly formed in living cells and removed by antioxidant defenses. Antioxidant enzymes are the main line of defense against free radicals in animal and plant cells. Uncontrolled generation ROS are involved in a number of human d ...
  • Glycosylation
    Glycosylation
    Editor Stefana Petrescu
    ISBN 978-953-51-0771-2
    436 pages, September, 2012
    Downloads: 560
    This book, outlining the concepts of glycobiology, is a suite of reviews and articles written by a team of acknowledged researchers and covers some of the key topics in the field. Covering a wide range of theoretical and practical issues in the fi ...
  • Binding Protein
    Binding Protein
    Editor Kotb Abdelmohsen
    ISBN 978-953-51-0758-3
    206 pages, September, 2012
    Downloads: 588
    Proteins are essential for all cellular events. They bind or interact with additional players such as other proteins, peptides, DNA, and RNA to exert their functions. Revealing protein binding partners is important in understanding the mechanisms thr ...
  • A Search for Antibacterial Agents
    A Search for Antibacterial Agents
    Editor Varaprasad Bobbarala
    ISBN 978-953-51-0724-8
    344 pages, September, 2012
    Downloads: 1007
    This book contains precisely referenced chapters, emphasizing antibacterial agents with clinical practicality and alternatives to synthetic antibacterial agents through detailed reviews of diseases and their control using alternative approaches. The ...