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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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    • International Review of Cytology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 241
      • November 17, 2004
      • Kwang W. Jeon
      • English
      • Hardback
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      International Review of Cytology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology – both plant and animal. Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for future research. Articles in this volume address biosynthesis and alternate targeting of the lysosomal cysteine protesase cathepsin L; microtubule-associat... proteins and their essential roles during mitosis; molecular and functional analysis of the dictyostelium centrosome; polytene chromosomes; and insect basic leucine zipper proteins and their role in cyclic AMP dependent regulation of gene expression.

    • Current Topics in Developmental Biology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 63
      • November 17, 2004
      • English
      • eBook
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      Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. The volumes are valuable to researchers in animal and plant development, as well as to students and professionals who want an introduction to cellular and molecular mechanisms of development. The series has recently passed its 30-year mark, making it the longest-running forum for contemporary issues in developmental biology. This volume contains six important contributions from leading minds in developmental biology.

    • Advances in Genetics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 52
      • November 16, 2004
      • Jeffrey C. Hall
      • English
      • Paperback
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      The field of genetics is rapidly evolving and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in knowledge of genetics. This series continually publishes important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines.

    • Advances in Cancer Research

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 92
      • November 16, 2004
      • George F. Vande Woude + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The Advances in Cancer Research series provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This volume presents outstanding and original reviews on a variety of topics.

    • International Review of Cytology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 240
      • November 9, 2004
      • Kwang W. Jeon
      • English
      • Paperback
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      International Review of Cytology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology – both plant and animal. Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for future research. Articles in this volume address therapeutic strategies for duchenne and becker dystrophies, cellular distribution and functions of P2 receptor subtypes in different systems, neuropeptides in hypothalamic neuronal disorders, and multiple parallelisms in animal cytokinesis.

    • Development of Sea Urchins, Ascidians, and Other Invertebrate Deuterostomes: Experimental Approaches

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 74
      • October 26, 2004
      • English
      • eBook
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      This book provides a practical guide to experimental methods for studying the development invertebrate deuterostomes as animal model systems. The chapters provide detailed experimental protocols that cover a broad range of topics in modern experimental methods. Topics covered range from rearing embryos to the care of adult animals, while also presenting the basic experimental methods including light and electron microscopy, used to study gene expression, transgenics, reverse genetics, and genomic approaches.

    • Cell Surface Receptors

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 68
      • October 22, 2004
      • K. Christopher Garcia
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Cell Surface Receptors contains an extensive discussion of cell surface receptors in 11 chapters by experts in their field. As cell surface receptors are involved in almost every aspect of signaling throughout the body, the topic has been of high interest in the community in recent years.

    • Sertoli Cell Biology

      • 1st Edition
      • October 19, 2004
      • Michael K. Skinner + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Sertoli cells assist in the production of sperm in the male reproductive system. This book provides a state-of-the-art update on the topic of sertoli cells and male reproduction. It addresses such highly topical areas as stem cells, genomics, and molecular genetics, as well as provides historical information on the discovery of this type of cell, and the pathophysiology of male infertility.

    • Developmental Vascular Biology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 62
      • October 15, 2004
      • English
      • eBook
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      Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. The volumes are valuable to researchers in animal and plant development, as well as to students and professionals who want an introduction to cellular and molecular mechanisms of development. The series has recently passed its 30-year mark, making it the longest-running forum for contemporary issues in developmental biology. This volume contains ten important contributions from leading minds in developmental biology.

    • Principles and Methods of Immunotoxicology

      • 1st Edition
      • October 14, 2004
      • Jacques Descotes
      • English
      • Paperback
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      This is a review of clinical adverse effects on the human immune system that may occur following drug treatments and chemcical exposures. Current and prospective models and assays that can be used to predict these adverse effects in animal toxicity studies or in human beings are described.

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