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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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    • Protein Bioinformatics

      • 1st Edition
      • August 31, 2010
      • M. Michael Gromiha
      • English
      • Paperback
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      One of the most pressing tasks in biotechnology today is to unlock the function of each of the thousands of new genes identified every day. Scientists do this by analyzing and interpreting proteins, which are considered the task force of a gene. This single source reference covers all aspects of proteins, explaining fundamentals, synthesizing the latest literature, and demonstrating the most important bioinformatics tools available today for protein analysis, interpretation and prediction. Students and researchers of biotechnology, bioinformatics, proteomics, protein engineering, biophysics, computational biology, molecular modeling, and drug design will find this a ready reference for staying current and productive in this fast evolving interdisciplinary field.

    • Guide to Techniques in Mouse Development, Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 477
      • August 27, 2010
      • Paul Wassarman + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This volume comprehensively covers new technologies and methodologies that have appeared for the study of mouse development

    • Microtubules: in vivo

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 97
      • August 26, 2010
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Microtubules: in vivo includes chapters by experts around the world on many aspects of microtubule imaging in living and fixed cells; assays to study microtubule function in a wide array of model organisms and cultured cells; high resolution approaches to study of the cytoskeleton. The authors share their years of experience, outlining potential pitfalls and critical factors to consider in experimental design, experimental implementation and data interpretation.

    • Osteoimmunology

      • 1st Edition
      • August 26, 2010
      • Joseph Lorenzo + 3 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Bone and the immune system are both complex tissues, which, respectively, regulate the skeleton and the body's responses to invading pathogens. Critical interactions between these two organ systems frequently occur, particularly in the development of immune cells in the bone marrow and for the function of bone cells in health and disease. This book provides a detailed overview of the many ways that bone and immune cells interact. The goal is to provide basic and clinical scientists with a better understanding of the role that the immune system and bone play in the development and function of each other so that advances in both fields will be facilitated. The focus of the book will be both on basic pathways and translational science, which will apply basic knowledge to clinical diseases. Chapter content will range from basic descriptions of the various cell systems and their development to the signals that cause them to interact during normal physiology and disease. This is a rapidly developing area that is of interest to a wide spectrum of researchers, students, and fellows in immunology, rheumatology, hematology, and bone biology--all of whom need to develop a more complete understanding of their previously separate disciplines and the mechanisms by which they interact.

    • Handbook of Biosensors and Biosensor Kinetics

      • 1st Edition
      • August 26, 2010
      • Ajit Sadana + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Biosensors are essential to an ever-expanding range of applications, including healthcare; drug design; detection of biological, chemical, and toxic agents; environmental monitoring; biotechnology; aviation; physics; oceanography; and the protection of civilian and engineering infrastructures. This book, like the previous five books on biosensors by this author (and one by the co-author), addresses the neglected areas of analyte-receptor binding and dissociation kinetics occurring on biosensor surfaces. Topics are covered in a comprehensive fashion, with homogeneous presentation for the benefit of the reader. The contributors address the economic aspects of biosensors and incorporate coverage of biosensor fabrication and nanobiosensors, among other topics. The comments, comparison, and discussion presented provides a better perspective of where the field of biosensors is heading.

    • Signal Processing for Neuroscientists, A Companion Volume

      • 1st Edition
      • August 26, 2010
      • Wim van Drongelen
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The popularity of signal processing in neuroscience is increasing, and with the current availability and development of computer hardware and software, it is anticipated that the current growth will continue. Because electrode fabrication has improved and measurement equipment is getting less expensive, electrophysiological measurements with large numbers of channels are now very common. In addition, neuroscience has entered the age of light, and fluorescence measurements are fully integrated into the researcher’s toolkit. Because each image in a movie contains multiple pixels, these measurements are multi-channel by nature. Furthermore, the availability of both generic and specialized software packages for data analysis has altered the neuroscientist’s attitude toward some of the more complex analysis techniques. This book is a companion to the previously published Signal Processing for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to the Analysis of Physiological Signals, which introduced readers to the basic concepts. It discusses several advanced techniques, rediscovers methods to describe nonlinear systems, and examines the analysis of multi-channel recordings.

    • Guide to Techniques in Mouse Development, Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • August 24, 2010
      • Paul Wassarman + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Guide to Techniques in Mouse Development, Part B, is an authoritative guide to different methods used in enzymology, focusing on investigating mouse development using technological advances. The text provides information regarding the principles of the methods in mouse development, and it offers readers reliable experimental protocols and recipes described comprehensively by leaders in the field of enzymology. The text is divided into three sections and organized into 25 chapters. Below are several concepts covered by the text: Lentivirus transgenesis o Germline modification using mouse stem cells Electroporation Applications of transposons in mouse genetics Functional genomics using transposon systems The use of DNA transposons in detecting cancer genes in mice Recombination, conditional mutagenesis and induction of tamoxifen Genetic fate mapping using recombinases Genetic screens mouse ES cells Gene trap mutagenesis Mouse mutagenesis Self- renewal and pluripotency Transgenic RNAi applications Gene knockdowns Tetracycline-control... transcription Gene expression profiling of mouse embryos The book is a comprehensive guide for students and professionals in genetics, cytology and molecular biology, who will find this book invaluable for their learning and practice.

    • Guide to Techniques in Mouse Development, Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • August 24, 2010
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      This volume comprehensively covers new technologies and methodologies that have appeared for the study of mouse development.

    • Membrane Proteins as Drug Targets

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 91
      • August 24, 2010
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Membrane proteins continue to be prime drug targets because they perform essential processes in the cell including controlling the flow of information and materials between cells and mediating activities like hormone action and nerve impulses. The study of membrane proteins could lead to new and improved pharmaceutical treatments for a wide range of illnesses such as heart disease, cystic fibrosis and depression. Membrane Proteins as Drug Targets reviews the latest developments in the field.

    • Plant Development

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 91
      • August 20, 2010
      • Marja Timmermans
      • English
      • Paperback
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      A subgroup of homeobox genes, which play an important role in the developmental processes of a variety of multicellular organisms, Hox genes have been shown to play a critical role in vertebrate pattern formation. Hox genes can be thought of as general purpose control genes—that is, they are similar in many organisms and direct the same processes in a variety of organisms, from mouse, to fly, to human.

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