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Elsevier's Life Sciences collection helps researchers get comprehensive coverage and up-to-date information on the study of living organisms, their processes, and interrelationships, spanning disciplines like biology, genetics, and biochemistry, and addressing emerging trends such as genomics, biotechnology, and sustainability, essential for advancing knowledge and driving innovation in the field.

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    • Natural Variation and Clocks

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 99
      • October 19, 2017
      • English
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      Natural Variances and Clocks, Volume 99 in the Advances in Genetics series provides the latest information on the rapidly evolving field of genetics, presenting new medical breakthroughs and advances. This updated release includes chapters on a variety of new research, including the Natural variation of the circadian clock in Neurospora, Natural variation and genetics of the photoperiodic timer in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Natural variation in human clocks, and Natural variation in the circadian clock genes in Drosophila and other insects. This series continually publishes important reviews that are ideal for geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines, critically analyzing future directions.

    • Advances in Genetics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 97
      • August 18, 2017
      • English
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      Advances in Genetics, Volume 97 provides the latest information on the rapidly evolving field of genetics, presenting new medical breakthroughs that are occurring as a result of advances in our knowledge of the topic. New chapters in this recent release include Plant photomorphogenesis, TBC, and Exosome/EV Biomolecule Delivery "transfer". Users will find a series that continually publishes important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines, critically analyzing future directions.

    • The Cardiovascular System

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36A
      • August 21, 2017
      • A. Kurt Gamperl + 3 more
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      The Cardiovascular System: Design, Control and Function, Volume 36A, a two- volume set, not only provides comprehensive coverage of the current knowledge in this very active and growing field of research, but also highlights the diversity in cardiovascular morphology and function and the anatomical and physiological plasticity shown by fish taxa that are faced with various abiotic and biotic challenges. Updated topics in this important work include chapters on Heart Morphology and Anatomy, Cardiomyocyte Morphology and Physiology, Electrical Excitability of the Fish Heart, Cardiac Energy Metabolism, Heart Physiology and Function, Hormonal and Intrinsic Biochemical Control of Cardiac Function, and Vascular Anatomy and Morphology. In addition, chapters integrate molecular and cellular data with the growing body of knowledge on heart and in vivo cardiovascular function, and as a result, provide insights into some of the most important questions that still need to be answered.

    • Enzymology at the Membrane Interface: Interfacial Enzymology and Protein-Membrane Binding

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 583
      • January 4, 2017
      • English
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      Enzymology at the Membrane Interface, the latest volume in the Methods in Enzymology series, covers a subset of enzymes that work in the environment of the biological cell membrane. This field, called interfacial enzymology, involves a special series of experimental approaches for the isolation and study of these enzymes.

    • Methods in Tau Cell Biology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 141
      • August 28, 2017
      • English
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      Methods in Tau Cell Biology, Volume 141, the latest release in the Methods in Cell Biology series, looks at methods involved in tau cell biology. Edited by leaders in the field, this volume provides proven, state-of-art techniques and relevant historical background and theory that aids researchers with tactics for efficient design and effective implementation of experimental methodologies. Topics of note in this updated volume include sections on Recombinant tau expression and purification, In vitro MT dynamics and MT ends, Methods related to investigating tau structure and MT bundling, Neurite outgrowth and retraction, and Methods related to studying tau fragmentation.

    • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 82
      • September 19, 2017
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      Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 82, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists. This updated volume includes chapters on Calcium and Bone Metabolism Indices, Cytokines and MicroRNA in Coronary Artery Disease, Biological and molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells: A creative strategy for precision medicine?, Towards a blood-borne biomarker of chronic hypoxemia: Red cell distribution width and respiratory disease, miRNAs: nanomachines that microManage the pathophysiology of Diabetes mellitus, and Fortilin, A Potential Target for the Prevention and Treatment of Human Diseases. The serial discusses the latest and most up-to-date technologies related to the field of clinical chemistry, and is the benchmark for novel analytical approaches in the clinical laboratory.

    • Fe-S Cluster Enzymes Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 595
      • September 1, 2017
      • English
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      Fe-S Cluster Enzymes, Part A, Volume 595 is the first of two volumes focused on Fe-S cluster enzymes. New topics of note in this series include Electrochemistry of Fe/S Proteins, Genetic, biochemical and biophysical methods for studying Fe-S proteins and their assembly, Fluorescent reporters to track Fe-S cluster assembly and transfer reactions, Mechanism-based strategies for structural characterization of radical SAM reaction intermediates, Purification and Characterization of Recalcitrant Cobalamin-Dependent Radical S-adenosylmethionine Methylases, A polymerase with potential: the Fe-S cluster in Human DNA Primase, In Vitro Studies of Cellular Iron-sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis, Trafficking and Transport, and Fe-S cluster Hsp70 Chaperones: the ATPase cycle and protein interactions.

    • Structural and Mechanistic Enzymology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 109
      • July 6, 2017
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      Structural and Mechanistic Enzymology, Volume 109, the latest release in the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology series, is an essential resource for protein chemists. Chapters in this new volume include Collagenolytic Matrix Metalloproteinase Structure–Function Relationships: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Studies, Computational Glycobiology: Mechanistic Studies of Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes and Implication for Inhibitor Design, Computational Biochemistry─Enzyme Mechanisms Explored, and A Paradigm for C─H Bond Cleavage: Structural and Functional Aspects of Transition State Stabilization by Mandelate Racemase. This series presents new information on protocols and analysis of proteins, with each volume guest edited by leading experts in a broad range of protein-related topics. This volume presents state-of-the-art contributions, providing insights into the relationship between enzyme structure, catalysis, and function.

    • Advances in Applied Microbiology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 100
      • July 18, 2017
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      Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 100 continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology, containing comprehensive reviews of the most current research in applied microbiology. This latest release includes specific chapters on a variety of topics, most notably, Current interventions for controlling pathogenic Escherichia coli, Microbial ecology and process technology of sourdough fermentation, Diversity, Application, and Synthetic Biology of Industrially Important Aspergillus Fungi, and Advances in the Microbial Ecology of Biohydrometallurgy. Users will find invaluable references and information on a variety of areas, including protozoan grazing of freshwater biofilms, metals in yeast fermentation processes, the interpretation of host-pathogen dialogue through microarrays and the role of polyamines in bacterial growth and biofilm formation. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics, including Archaea and sick building syndrome.

    • Advances in Immunology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 134
      • April 13, 2017
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      Advances in Immunology, Volume 134, the latest release in a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments and comprehensive reviews in immunology. Topics covered in this new volume include γδ T Cells and B Cells, A Chemoattractant-Guid... Walk Through Lymphopoiesis: From Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Mature B Lymphocytes. Tissue Specific Regulation of Dendritic Cell Development and Function, and the Regulation of Innate and Adaptive Immunity by Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGFβ). Articles in this long running series address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities. Edited and authored by the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for the future.

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