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    • African Flora to Fight Bacterial Resistance, Part I

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 106
      • February 24, 2023
      • English
      • Hardback
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      African Flora to Fight Bacterial Resistance, Part One: Standards for the Activity of Plant-Derived Products offers a glimpse into the potential of African medicinal plants to fight bacterial infections, with an emphasis on bacterial drug resistance. Sample chapters cover the Global Burden of bacterial infections and drug resistance, Bacterial drug resistance towards natural products, Harvesting and Processing Medicinal plants for antibacterial testing, Screening methods for antibacterial agents from plant source, Established antibacterial drugs from plants, Potential of African medicinal plants against Enterobacteria: classification of plants antibacterial agents, and much more. Based on collected data, the book offers a rationale classification basis for the antibacterial activity of plant-based products. General knowledge of state-of-the-art of drug resistance is globally described, with the book clearly identifying the best African medicinal plants that could be useful for the development of efficient herbal drugs, as well as the best phytochemicals that could be explored as potential pharmaceuticals.

    • Integrated Methods in Protein Biochemistry: Part C

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 682
      • March 20, 2023
      • Arun K. Shukla
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Integrated Methods in Protein Biochemistry: Part C, Volume 679 in the Methods in Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including NanoBiT-based methods to monitor the activation and modulation of RTKs, The interplay of G-protein βγ subunit and PLC-β enzyme in PIP2 hydrolysis and downstream signaling, Biochemical Analysis of Protein-Protein Interfaces underlying the regulation of Bacterial Secretion Systems, Probing the structure and function of N-acetylmannosamine-... 2-epimerase, Spectroscopic analysis of cysteine dioxygenase: a mammalian thiol-dioxygenase, DeGlyPHER: MS-based analysis of viral spike N-glycoforms, and more. Other sections cover Covalent protein painting: MS-based protein footprinting, Characterization of GPCR signaling complexes using negative-staining electron microscopy, Probing protein misfolding and dissociation with free electron laser, Optimized protocol for the characterization of Cas12a activities, Proximity proteomics for the identification and characterization of extracellular vesicles, Functional characterization of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs), Characterization of RRE domain in RiPP biosynthesis, The Preparation of Recombinant Arginyltransferase 1 (ATE1) for Structural and Biophyiscal Characterizations, Testing anti-cancer drugs with Holographic Incoherent-light-sou... Quantitative Phase Imaging, and more.

    • Nano/micro-Plastics Toxicity on Food Quality and Food Safety

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 103
      • February 28, 2023
      • English
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      Nano/micro-Plastics Toxicity on Food Quality and Food Safety, Volume 103 in the Advances in Food and Nutrition Research series, provides in-depth reviews on recent developments in nano/micro-plastics toxicity on food quality and food safety research. Topics covered in this volume include the sources and occurrence of nano/microplastics in terrestrial/marine environments, release mechanisms of microplastics from packaging into foods, influencing factors of microplastic on food products, their translocation and accumulations potential, microplastic as a critical vector for pollutant transfer, toxicology impact, cycling in the marine environment and seafood safety, and more. Moreover, microplastic migration by enhancing public awareness as well as improving waste management, complications and toxicity associated with the presence of nano/microplastics and quantification methods are highlighted. Finally, existing regulations and requirements of a robust framework of nano/microplastics are provided.

    • Multiple Sclerosis, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 42-1
      • November 21, 2023
      • Carrie M. Hersh
      • English
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      In this issue of Neurologic Clinics, guest editor Dr. Carrie M. Hersh brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Multiple Sclerosis. Top experts in the field discuss diagnosis and pathophysiology concepts, treatment, special populations in MS, and contemporary issues related to MS.

    • Gene-Environment Interactions in Birth Defects and Developmental Disorders

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 152
      • January 25, 2023
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Gene-Environment Interactions in Birth Defects and Developmental Disorders, Volume 152, covers the multifactorial etiology of a variety of developmental disorders, including orofacial clefts, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, autism, and others. The causes of individual cases of most common birth defects are unknown but likely involve a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental exposures. How these risk factors interact in the genesis of these conditions is still largely unknown and readers will find the latest information and ideas on these disorders, along with discussion of the challenges and opportunities for furthering knowledge in this area.

    • Advances in Immunology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 160
      • November 24, 2023
      • English
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      Advances in Immunology, Volume 160, the latest release in a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments and comprehensive reviews in immunology.

    • Enzymes in RNA Science and Biotechnology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 691
      • October 27, 2023
      • English
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      Enzymes in RNA Science and Biotechnology, Volume 691 in the Methods in Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field, including chapters on Reverse transcriptase Part I (discovery, preparation, general utilization, MarathonRT for routine RT-PCR and for cDNA synthesis on challenging RNA templates Structured RNAs, repeat RNAs and more, Engineering TNA Polymerases Through Iterative Cycles of Directed Evolution, Reverse transcriptase Part II (RNA structure mapping and determination), RNA G-quadruplex (rG4) structure detection using RTS and SHALiPE assays, tRNA Structure-seq in vivo and in droplets, Capture the in vivo intact RNA structurome by CAP-STRUCTURE-seq, and more.

    • Vasculitis, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 34-1
      • November 14, 2023
      • Mahmud Mossa-Basha + 2 more
      • English
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      In this issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, guest editors Drs. Mahmud Mossa-Basha, Carlos Zamora, and Mauricio Castillo bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Vasculitis. Both conventional and advanced imaging play a central role in the diagnosis of vasculitides, and in this issue, top experts in the field discuss classification, guidelines, diagnosis, pathology, and imaging of every major type of vasculitis.

    • Brain and Maths in Ibero-America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 282
      • November 22, 2023
      • English
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      Brain and Maths in Ibero-America, Volume 282 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

    • Neurophysiology of Silence Part B: Theory and Review

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 280
      • September 13, 2023
      • English
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      Progress in Brain Research serial 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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