Molecular Biology

Despite being recognized and fought against over countless centuries, human viral pathogens continue to cause major public health problems worldwid...

A blend of fundamental and applied research related to their use, this volume looks at how probiotics can enhance human health. The book covers all...

This book starts out by presenting the evidence for the importance of hydrophilic interactions in biochemical processes and then goes on to describ...

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the focus of much interest in biology and bioengineering. Increasing understanding of the influence of the ECM on...

Recent advances in science have clarified the role of plant specialized metabolites (classically known as plant secondary metabolites), which canno...

Despite a decline in developed countries, cancer has consistently maintained its status as one of the top killers since time immemorial. Exploring ...

Take Control of Your Data and Use Python with ConfidenceRequiring no prior programming experience, Managing Your Biological Data with Python empowe...

Our biological system is enriched with enzyme-catalyzed (or enzymatic) reactions that mediate a great multitude of life processes such as gene tran...

Includes a DVD Containing All Figures and Supplemental Images in PowerPointThis new edition of Plant Propagation Concepts and Laboratory Exercises ...

Biotechnology and its Applications: Using Cells to Change the World, Second Edition introduces students to the world of biotechnology in a way that...

Now considered an organ with defensive and metabolic capabilities, the intestinal microbiota plays a major role in the local host immune system dev...

The Fourth Edition of The Neuron provides a comprehensive first course in the cell and molecular biology of nerve cells. The book begins with prope...

Understanding the functions and properties of molecules in living systems requires a detailed knowledge of their three-dimensional structures and t...

This comprehensive guide, by pioneers in the field, brings together, for the first time, everything a new researcher, graduate student or industry ...

Delivering fundamental insights into the most popular methods of molecular analysis, this text is an invaluable resource for students and researche...

Building up from microscopic basics to observed complex functions, this insightful monograph explains and describes how the unique molecular proper...

Since the 1980s, a renewed understanding of molecular development has afforded an unprecedented level of knowledge of the mechanisms by which pheno...

Provides a comprehensive overview of recent discoveries and current understandings of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Recent advances include ...

Evolutionary biology has witnessed breathtaking advances in recent years. Some of its most exciting insights have come from the crossover of discip...

The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite (EMBOSS) is a high quality, well documented package of open source software tools for molecular ...

Structure-based (SBDD) and ligand-based (LBDD) drug design are extremely important and active areas of research in both the academic and commercial...

Why do elephants have sturdier thigh bones than humans? Why can't ostriches fly? How do bacteria swim through fluids? With each chapter structured ...

Magnetic resonance is a field that has expanded to a range of disciplines and applications, both in basic research and in its applications, and pol...

This new edition of a foundational text presents a contemporary review of cladistics, as applied to biological classification. It provides a compre...

Why do elephants have sturdier thigh bones than humans? Why can't ostriches fly? How do bacteria swim through fluids? With each chapter structured ...

The first book on the topic, with each chapter written by pioneers in the field, this essential resource details the fundamental theory, applicatio...

This textbook provides a strong foundation and a clear overview for students of membrane biology and an invaluable synthesis of cutting-edge resear...

Living systems are dynamic and extremely complex and their behaviour is often hard to predict by studying their individual parts. Systems biology p...

Melioidosis is an endemic tropical disease and is fast becoming an emerging global concern. Its clinical mimicry with several other common diseases...

What does it mean to say that mutation is random? How does mutation influence evolution? Are mutations merely the raw material for selection to sha...

What does it mean to say that mutation is random? How does mutation influence evolution? Are mutations merely the raw material for selection to sha...

Wie funktionieren bestimmte gentechnische Methoden, die dringend benötigte Ergebnisse liefern sollen? Welches Verfahren ist für ein Experiment am b...

Protein homeostasis, or Proteostasis, lies at the heart of human health and disease. From the folding of single polypeptide chains into functional ...

This volume provides a series of review articles that capture the advances in using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, model system to address...

This thoroughly revised second edition is an up-to-date overview of the current knowledge of Notch and Notch signaling in embryology and cancer. It...