Books in Biochemistry biophysics

Whole Cell Biocatalysis

1st Edition
April 16, 2025
Sergio Huerta-Ochoa + 2 more
English
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Whole Cell Biocatalysis, a volume in the Foundations and Frontiers of Enzymology series, offers a detailed overview of the process of biocatalysis using whole cells as an alternative to enzyme biocatalysis. The book examines the potential applications and advantages of whole cell biocatalysis, including its use in the production of fine chemicals, renewable energy, and drug discovery and development. Whole cell biocatalysis for large scale production and non-conventional media are also covered. In addition, the latest methods and techniques are investigated, including cell immobilization, permeabilization, synthetic biology, computational metabolic engineering, and molecular genetics.This book provides a comprehensive summary on whole cell biocatalysis and the latest developments in this emerging field. It is an invaluable reference for researchers working across biochemistry, enzymology, biotechnology, and related fields.

Advances in Clinical Chemistry

1st Edition
Volume 126
April 5, 2025
Gregory S. Makowski
English
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Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 126, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians, and research scientists. Chapters in this new release include Internalization of Extracellular Tau Oligomers in Alzheimer’s Disease, Advances in Neurofilament Light Chain Analysis, Biomarkers of Endometriosis, Lupus Nephritis II: Treatment and Monitoring, and Emerging Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Coagulopathy Prediction in Traumatic Brain Injury.

Protein and Peptide Therapeutics

1st Edition
Volume 212
March 25, 2025
David B. Teplow
English
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Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

CRISPR-Cas Systems for RNA and Genome Editing

1st Edition
Volume 712
March 25, 2025
Ailong Ke + 1 more
English
Hardback
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CRISPR-Cas Systems for RNA and Genome Editing, Volume 711 in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Massively parallel genomic perturbations with multi-target CRISPR interrogates Cas9 activity and DNA repair at endogenous sites, Genome oligopaint via local denaturation fluorescence in situ hybridization, Biochemical reconstitution of a type I-B CRISPR-associated transposon, Visualizing the conformational landscape of CRISPR-Cas9 through kinetics-informed structural studies, and much more.Additional sections cover Analysis of metal-dependent DNA nicking activities by Cas endonucleases, Biochemically characterizing the accessory proteins and ribonucleoprotein complexes of Type IV CRISPR systems, Prime editing in bacteria with BacPE, Preparation of high-purity CRISPR-based DNA base editor RNPs, Bacterial directed evolution of CRISPR base editors, Cloning and validating systems for high throughput molecular recording, Using CRISPR-Cas13 for viral nucleic acid detection, and more.

Glucose Transporters

1st Edition
Volume 128
March 17, 2025
Gerald Litwack
English
Hardback
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Glucose Transporters, Volume 128 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Glucose transporters and their energy homeostasis function in various organs, Molecular basis for inhibiting glucose transporters by exofacial inhibitors, Self-assembly of the insulin-responsive vesicles creates a signaling platform for the insulin action on glucose uptake, The role of lipid soluble vitamins on glucose transporter, Transport of dehydroascorbic acid by glucose transporters GLUTs, Glut-1 Inhibition in Breast Cancer Cells, Small-molecule inhibitors of glucose transporters, and more.

TRNA-derived RNAs

1st Edition
Volume 711
February 25, 2025
Pavel Ivanov + 1 more
English
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tRNA-derived RNAs series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Immunotherapy: Magic Bullet to Change the Future Therapeutics

1st Edition
Volume 144
February 24, 2025
Vijay Kumar Prajapati + 1 more
English
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FORMTEXT Immunotherapy is emerging as a novel and reliable therapeutic technique for treating diseases such as autoimmunity, HIV/AIDS, allergy and cancers. Immunotherapy change or modulate our immune system functionalization and activate it to kill pathogen infected cells or affected cells. Development in the field of Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences empower the immune system for protecting us agaist number of pathogenic infections. This volume consisit of the chapters from the different stalwarts of the field coveriing the topic such as Immunotherapy past and present, Oncolytic virus based therapy, CAR-T cell therapy, antibody engineering, adjuvant engineering etc. Chapters covered in this volume discuss the immunological translational research in the field of human cancer, parasitic and infectiouds diseases. This volume incudes the chapter describing the tools developed by scientist to engineers safe and effective antibody which can be used as powerful medicine durig human disease conditions. This volume will reflect the secret of biological sciences and technology in the field on immunology to develop safe and efficacious immune molecules based magic bullet to provide absolute cure. This volume will be helpful to the early career researchers and students working in the field of basic and applied immunological sciences.

Osmolytes and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: From Functional Regulation to Disease Pathogenesis

1st Edition
Volume 211
February 18, 2025
Tanveer Ali Dar + 2 more
English
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Osmolytes and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: From Functional Regulation to Disease Pathogenesis, Volume 112 delves into the fascinating interplay between osmolytes and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), exploring their pivotal roles in cellular function and disease mechanisms. This volume brings together experts to present cutting-edge research on how osmolytes regulate functional behavior of IDPs and ensure cellular stability and adaptability under stress conditions. Specific chapters cover Functional diversity of IDPs and their structural heterogeneity: Protein structure-function continuum, Osmolytes as structure-function regulators of intrinsically disordered casein, Synergism of the effects of osmolytes and crowders on structure and function of IDPs/IDRs: The natural habitat, and more.Additional chapters delve into Osmolyte-IDP Interactions during Desiccation, Modulation of aggregation/fibrilla... propensity of IDPs by osmolytes, Osmolytes in modulating the structural and functional integrity of α-synuclein: a study based on Parkinson's disease, Regulation of the structural dynamics, aggregation, and pathogenicity of polyQ-expanded Huntingtin by osmolytes, Aggregation and inhibitory strategies of amyloid fibrillation, and much more.

ADARs

1st Edition
Volume 710
January 27, 2025
Peter Beal
English
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ADARs, Volume 710 in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Updates in this new release include Yeast as a discovery tool for hyperactive ADARs, X-ray crystallography of ADAR-RNA complexes, Enrichment capture enhances the ability to detect A-to-I editing, Editing specificity of ADAR isoforms, Novel chemical tools for detection methods of A to I sites, En Masse Evaluation of RNA Guides (EMERGe) for ADARs, Mouse models for defining physiological functions of ADARs, Nanopore sequencing to detect A-to-I editing sites, CellREADR: An ADAR-based RNA sensor, and more.Additional sections cover Site-directed RNA editing with MS2-ADAR systems, Sequencing and Bioinformatic Tools for Accurate Assessment of A to I editing in Complete Transcriptomes, Aptazyme-directed A to I RNA editing, and Obstacles in quantifying A-to-I editing by Sanger Sequencing.

Hypothalamus

1st Edition
Volume 127
January 24, 2025
Gerald Litwack
English
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Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

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