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Retinal dystrophies are the major causes of incurable blindness in the Western world. Our insight into their aetiology has improved remarkably over the past decade and a number of key genes have been identified. Together with a more detailed understanding of disease...
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Wiley
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2004-04-02
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Novartis Foundation Symposia
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Energetics of Biological Macromolecules, Part E focuses on methods related to allosteric enzymes and receptors, including fluorescent proves, spectroscopic methods and quantitative analysis as well as on cooperativity in protein folding. NMR and mass spectrometry...
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Academic Press
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2004-04-02
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This volume focuses on the cooperative binding aspects of energetics in biological macromolecules. Methodologies such as NMR, small-angle scattering techniques for analysis, calorimetric analysis, fluorescence quenching, and time resolved FRET measurements are...
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Academic Press
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2004-04-02
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The global drug trade and its associated violence, corruption, and human suffering create global problems that include political and military conflicts, ethnic minority human rights violations, and stresses on economic development. Drug production and eradication...
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Oxford University Press
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2004-04-01
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A new voice in the nature-nurture debate can be heard at the interface between evolution and development. Phenotypic integration--or, how large numbers of characteristics are related to make up the whole organism, and how these relationships evolve and change their...
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Oxford University Press
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2004-04-01
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This book looks back at the simpler versions of mental life in apes, Neanderthals, and our ancestors, back before our burst of creativity started 50,000 years ago. When you can't think about the future in much detail, you are trapped in a here-and-now existence with no...
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Oxford University Press
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2004-04-01
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Protein Transcription is a key element of cellular and organ regulation. Proteins in Eukaryotic Transcription covers structure and function of all major elements associated with transcription.
- Mechanism of RNA polymerase I Transcription
- Structure and function of...
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Academic Press
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2004-03-19
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Hanski, a leading thinker in metapopulation ecology, studies checkerspot butterfly populations in Finland. Ehrlich, one of the leading ecologists and conservation biologist, investigates checkerspot butterfly populations in California. This book reports on and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-03-18
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The functional properties of any molecule are directly related to, and affected by, its structure. This is especially true for DNA, the molecular that carries the code for all life on earth.
The third edition of Understanding DNA has been entirely revised and updated,...
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Academic Press
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2004-03-13
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Quinones are members of a class of aromatic compounds with two oxygen atoms bonded to the ring as carbonyl groups. This volume covers more clinical aspects of quinines, such as anticancer properties, as well as their role in nutrition and in age-related diseases.
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Academic Press
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2004-03-08
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DNA in the nucleus of plant and animal cells is stored in the form of chromatin. Chromatin and the Chromatin remodelling enzymes play an important role in gene transcription.
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Academic Press
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2004-03-07
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Research in the genomics of a handful of fungi has matured at an unprecedented rate allowing comprehensive review. Developments in fungal genomics should be of great significance to new strategies in fields where disciplinary crossovers of fungal genomics, genes and...
Editeur :
Elsevier Science
Parution :
2004-02-25
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Structured to be a companion to the recently published Handbook of Transfusion Medicine, the Handbook of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine is dedicated to pediatric hematology-oncology and transfusion medicine, a field which remains ambiguous and which has generated few...
Editeur :
Academic Press
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2004-02-23
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An introductory tour into the stranger-than-fiction world of genetic engineering, a scientific realm inhabited by eager researchers intent upon fashioning a prodigious medley of genetically modified (GM) organisms to serve human needs.
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
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2004-02-19
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This text tells the story of cells as the unit of life in a colorful and student-friendly manner, taking an "essentials only" approach. By using the successful model of previously published Short Courses, this text succeeds in conveying the key points without...
Editeur :
Wiley-Liss
Parution :
2004-02-15
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‘O brave new world, That has such people in’t!’ Shakespeare, The Tempest New scientific developments are changing the world, but whether the world of our children and grandchildren will be the hell of Huxley’s Brave New World or the sheltered paradise described by...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2004-02-06
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‘O brave new world, That has such people in’t!’ Shakespeare, The Tempest New scientific developments are changing the world, but whether the world of our children and grandchildren will be the hell of Huxley’s Brave New World or the sheltered paradise described by...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2004-02-06
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The enormity of the literature on growth factors, plus the breadth of the biological disciplines and technical expertise required prohibits a comprehensive review by even a multi-disciplinary panel of authors. To provide an alternative that is feasible for authors and...
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Academic Press
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2004-02-06
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Coupled with biomechanical data, organic geochemistry and cladistic analyses utilizing abundant genetic data, scientific studies are revealing new facets of how plants have evolved over time. This collection of papers examines these early stages of plant physiology...
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Academic Press
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2004-02-05
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Phenotypic plasticity is the range and process of variation in body plan and physiology. This book pulls together recent theoretical advances in phenotypic plasticity, as influenced by evolution and development. The editors and the chapter authors are among the leaders...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-01-15
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