Catálogo de libros: Biologia, ciencias de la vida

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  • Transcriptomics in Health and Disease
    Geraldo A. Passos
    Part 1: Basic Principles of the Transcriptome and its Analysis.- What is the Transcriptome and how it is Evaluated?.- Transcriptome Analysis Throughout RNA-seq.- Identification of Biomarkers and Expression Signatures.- Methods for Gene Co-expression Network Visualization and Analysis.- Posttranscriptional Control During Stem Cells Differentiation.- Transcriptome Analysis During...
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    197,98 €

  • Biomolecular Interfaces
    Ariel Fernández Stigliano
    The book focuses on the aqueous interface of biomolecules, a vital yet overlooked area of biophysical research. Most biological phenomena cannot be fully understood at the molecular level without considering interfacial behavior.The author presents conceptual advances in molecular biophysics that herald the advent of a new discipline, epistructural biology, centered on the inte...
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    68,98 €

  • Novel Chemical Tools to Study Ion Channel Biology
    This volume describes chemical approaches to assess ion channel structure, function and pharmacology. Topics discussed include the use of engineered ionizable side chains to obtain information on permeation pathways and the local environment; the modification of engineered cysteine side chains, including cysteine scanning mutagenesis and the attachment of fluorescent probes and...
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    68,21 €

  • Plant Epigenetics
    Igor Kovalchuk
    Thisvolume provides a variety of protocols to analyze various epigeneticchanges, including differential expression of non-coding RNAs, changes in DNAmethylation, and histone modifications in plants. Chapters detail protocolswith different degrees of complexity, and describe bioinformatics approachesfor data processing and analysis. Written in the highly successful Methodsin Mol...
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    206,72 €

  • Enzyme Stabilization and Immobilization
    Shelley D. Minteer
    This volume introduces the reader to the field of enzyme stabilization and the different theories of enzyme stabilization, including the use of immobilization as a stabilization technique. The first part of the book focuses on protocols for enzyme stabilization in solutions including liposome formation, micelle introduction, crosslinking, and additives. The second part of the b...
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    206,03 €

  • TRIM/RBCC Proteins
    Germana Meroni
    The genomic ’golden age’ has delivered the sequence of numerous novel genes while leaving us with many unanswered questions about their function. This is particularly true for gene families as, often, members are annotated based on homology rather than function. The tripartite motif family belonged to this category, although, during the last few years, the field boosted an impo...
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    209,04 €

  • Crossroads Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity V
    This volume presents a collection of reviews derived from work presented at the Aegean Conference: '5th Crossroads Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity'. This meeting was the fifth in a series, and assembled a team of scientists working on mechanisms by which the innate immune system of the host senses pathogens, the cellular and signaling networks that orchestrate the innate r...
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    135,84 €

  • Ultrafast Dynamics of Phospholipid-Water Interfaces
    René Costard
    This thesis presents a highly innovative study of the ultrafast structural and vibrational dynamics of hydrated phospholipids, the basic constituents of cell membranes. As a novel approach to the water-phospholipid interface, the author studies phosphate vibrations using the most advanced methods of nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy, including femtosecond two-dimensional infra...
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    135,68 €

  • The Brassica rapa Genome
    This book provides insights into the latest achievements in genomics research on Brassica rapa. It describes the findings on this Brassica species, the first of the U’s triangle that has been sequenced and a close relative to the model plant Arabidopsis, which provide a basis for investigations of major Brassica crop species. Further, the book focuses on the development of tool...
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    141,52 €

  • Triticale
    François Eudes
    Triticale crop species has received substantial research support since the mid-20th century making it a commercial success in many countries, in diverse value propositions. However, no recent book captures the new knowledge and progresses made in more than 2 decades. The purpose of this work is to review and collate the new knowledge of triticale plant biology and agronomy, whi...
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    222,27 €

  • Marine Physiology Down East
    David H. Evans
    This volume offers a comprehensive history of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), one of the major marine laboratories in the United States and a leader in using marine organisms to study fundamental physiological concepts. Beginning with its founding as the Harpswell Laboratory of Tufts University in 1898, David H. Evans follows its evolution from a teaching...
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    274,27 €

  • Grain Legumes
    Antonio M. De Ron
    ​​​This book is devoted to grain legumes and include eight chapters devoted to the breeding of specific grain legume crops and five general chapters dealing with important topics which are common to most of the species in focus. Soybean is not included in the book as it is commonly considered an oil crop more than a grain legume and is included in the Oil Crops Volume of the Ha...
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    308,97 €

  • Class 2 . Transferases IX
    The Springer Handbook of Enzymes provides concise data on some 5,000 enzymes sufficiently well characterized - and here is the second, updated edition. Their application in analytical, synthetic and biotechnology processes as well as in food industry, and for medicinal treatments is added. Data sheets are arranged in their EC-Number sequence. The new edition reflects considerab...
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    267,46 €

  • Protein NMR
    Lawrence Berliner
    This book covers new techniques in protein NMR, from basic principles to state-of-the-art research. It covers a spectrum of topics ranging from a 'toolbox' for how sequence-specific resonance assignments can be obtained using a suite of 2D and 3D NMR experiments and tips on how overlap problems can be overcome. Further topics include the novel applications of Overhauser dynamic...
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    135,95 €

  • Fast Variables in Stochastic Population Dynamics
    George William Albert Constable
    In this thesis two variants of the fast variable elimination method are developed. They are intuitive, simple to implement and give results which are in very good agreement with those found from numerical simulations. The relative simplicity of the techniques makes them ideal for applying to problems featuring demographic stochasticity, for experts and non-experts alike.Within ...
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    135,91 €

  • SialoGlyco Chemistry and Biology I
    Mark von Itzstein / Philippe Delannoy / Rita Gerardy-Schahn
    The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science. The goal of each thematic volume is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or indus...
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    271,29 €

  • Regulation of Cytokine Gene Expression in Immunity and Diseases
    Xiaojing Ma
    This book explores the major cytokines, such as IL-1 and IFN-γ, with respect to the regulation of their gene expression and protein production in specific immune cell types. It discusses both healthy physiological settings and in pathological situations in which the expression of some cytokines could be dysregulated, resulting in either immunodeficiency or exacerbated inflammat...
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    208,50 €

  • Hepatitis E Virus
    Youchun Wang
    This book systematically and comprehensively discusses the biological, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the hepatitis E virus (HEV). It presents current knowledge of HEV and explores experimental methods, treatment and prevention of HEV. First identified in the 1980s and cloned in 1990, HEV is the causative agent of Hepatitis E, which mainly occurs in developing ...
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    48,00 €

  • Environmental History in the Making
    This book is the product of the 2nd World Conference on Environmental History, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in 2014. It gathers works by authors from the five continents, addressing concerns raised by past events so as to provide information to help manage the present and the future. It reveals how our cultural background and examples of past territorial intervention can help t...
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    47,46 €

  • HDAC/HAT Function Assessment and Inhibitor Development
    Oliver H. Krämer
    This detailed collection covers how the biological functions of histone deacetylases (HDACs) and histone acetyltransferases (HATs) can be detected in various experimental settings, both in vivo and in vitro. The book also covers the generation and specificity of deacetylase inhibitors and how such agents can be used to test experimental hypotheses. Written for the popular Metho...
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    151,62 €

  • The Social Neuroscience of Intergroup Relations
    Sylvia Terbeck
    The Social Neuroscience of Intergroup Relations; Prejudice can we cure it?' is a highly interdisciplinary book. It includes latest theories and research from: Social Psychology, Ethics, Psychopharmacology, as well as Social Neuroscience. The book is also based on the author’s team research. The book describes experimental studies which have suggested that fear of the out-group ...
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    48,68 €

  • Rye
    Rolf H. J. Schlegel
    The first comprehensive monograph on rye, this book gathers all the relevant and historic information from botany and genetics to utilization and sustainability of rye. A definitive source on all aspects of rye as a modern crop, it provides exhaustive coverage of the breeding, botany, cytology, genetics, physiology, and utilization of rye, emphasizing the socioeconomic importan...
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    122,65 €

  • The Feeding of Nations
    Mark Gibson
    In the last decade, despite abundant food supply, hunger has increased and 925 million remain malnourished. Exploring this troubling paradox, this volume offers a glimpse into how the simple aspiration of global food security has evolved and unfolded-with sometimes contradictory and counterproductive policies, agendas, and ideologies. Providing a holistic analysis of the issues...
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    92,37 €

  • Central American Biodiversity
    Falk Huettmann
    This book highlights key results and lessons learnt from two field sites, La Suerte in Costa Rica and Ometepe Nicaragua. It provides long term data on species abundance and distribution. Primates receive specific attention in this book, as they are flagship species and good indicators for the 'health' of an ecosystem, but as well a money maker. Many primate species are sensitiv...
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    310,22 €

  • Hunter-Gatherers
    Raven Garvey / Robert L. Bettinger / Shannon Tushingham
    Hunter-gatherer research has played a historically central role in the development of anthropological and evolutionary theory. Today, research in this traditional and enduringly vital field blurs lines of distinction between archaeology and ethnology, and seeks instead to develop perspectives and theories broadly applicable to anthropology and its many sub disciplines. In the g...
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    66,13 €

  • Biodiversity and Earth History
    Edvard Glücksman / Jens Boenigk / Sabina Wodniok
    This uniquely interdisciplinary textbook explores the exciting and complex relationship between Earth’s geological history and the biodiversity of life. Its innovative design provides a seamless learning experience, clarifying major concepts step by step with detailed textual explanations complemented by detailed figures, diagrams and vibrant pictures. Thanks to its layout, the...
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    101,31 €

  • Ion/Molecule Attachment Reactions
    Toshihiro Fujii
    This book explores the mechanism of alkali-metal ion/molecule association reaction, surveys the instrumental basis to study its kinetic, and describes the instrumentation to the measurement of alkali-metal ion affinities. The applications of the ion complexation mechanism in the condensed phase in reaction to direct analysis MS are also covered. Other topics include mechanism a...
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    210,27 €

  • Stress Responses in Plants
    This collection discusses the variety of specific molecular reactions by means of which plants respond to physiological and toxic stress conditions. It focuses on the characterization of the molecular mechanisms that underlie the induction of toxicity and the triggered responses and resistances. The nine chapters, all written by prominent researchers, examine heavy metal toxici...
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    136,29 €

  • Histone Recognition
    Ming-Ming Zhou
    This book provides a timely review of the role of histone modifications in epigenetic control of gene expression. Topics covered include: basic mechanisms of molecular recognition of histone post-translational modification (PTMs); combinatorial readout of histone PTMs by tandem epigenome reader domains; genome-wide profiling of histone PTM interactions; small molecule modulatio...
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    136,27 €

  • Low-Cost Methods for Molecular Characterization of Mutant Plants
    Bradley J. Till / Joanna Jankowicz-Cieslak / Owen A. Huynh
    This book offers low-cost and rapid molecular assays for the characterization of mutant plant germplasm. Detailed protocols are provided for the desiccation of plant tissues; the extraction of high-quality DNA for downstream applications; the extraction of single-strand-specific nucleases for single nucleotide polymorphism; and small insertion/deletion discovery using standard ...
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    73,98 €