M. Beckerman

Molecular and Cellular Signaling

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Makes connections between diseases, drugs and signaling in those chapters not specifically devoted to pathogens.
Reviews background in first 5 chapters then offers chapters on cancers and apoptosis and on bacteria and viruses.
Signaling in the immune, endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems covered along with cancer, apoptosis and gene regulation.
Each chapter ends with a problem section to facilitate discussion.

Produktdetails

• Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 10948309
• 2005 edition
• Seitenzahl: 582
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 158mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 974g
• ISBN-13: 9780387221304
• ISBN-10: 0387221301
• Artikelnr.: 13328965

Autorenporträt

Martin Beckerman, Ph.D. is Senior Scientist at the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN. Prior to assuming his current position at the Y-12 NSC, Dr. Beckerman held teaching and research positions at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the University of Rochester, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has over 130 publications, 1400 citations, and is the author of a previously published book entitled Adaptive Cooperative Systems.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2.The Control Layer
3. Exploring Protein Structure and Function
4. Macromolecular Forces
5. Protein Folding and Binding
6. Stress and Pheromone Responses in Yeast
7.Two-Component Signaling Systems
8. Organization of Signal Complexes by Lipids, Calcium and Cyclic Amp
9. Signaling by Cells of the Immune System
10. Cell Adhesion and Motility
11. Signaling in the Endocrine System
12. Signaling in the Endocrine and Nervous System through GPCRs
13. Cell Fate and Polarity
14.Cancer
15. Adoptosis
16. Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes
17. Cell Regulation in Bacteria
18. Regulation by Viruses
19. Ion Channels
20. Neural Rhythms
21. Learning and Memory