Cell Biology

Luminescence Biotechnology: Instruments and Applications furnishes an up-to-date review of the principles and applications of luminescence. With a consistent focus on practical considerations, a team of internationally acclaimed authors take you from the fundamentals of the different luminescence-ba..

Microcompartmentation refers to nonhomogeneous distribution of solutes in compartments of cells or associated structures without intervening membranal barriers...

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a factor in a myriad of pathophysiological conditions, including age-related neurodegenerative disorders, cancer, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. This volume examines themes essential for the maintenance of the mitochondrial redox (reduction-oxidation) en..

The book describes a versatile and easily applied mode for investigating molecular proximities in plasma membranes in a flow cytometer...

Tall buildings are not the only solution for achieving sustainability through increased density in cities but, given the scale of current population shifts, the vertical city is increasingly being seen as the most viable solution for many urban centers. However, the full implications of concentratin..

Prepared by leading scientists in the field, these volumes compile for the first time, concise, up-to-date reviews of several aspects of the basic properties, distribution, function and regulation of the Na+/H+ antiport...

Nature’s Choice: What Science Reveals About the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation offers both a comprehensive review of findings from over twenty years of research on the factor of biology in the determination of sexual orientation and a fresh perspective on this complex and politically charg..

Nature’s Choice: What Science Reveals About the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation offers both a comprehensive review of findings from over twenty years of research on the factor of biology in the determination of sexual orientation and a fresh perspective on this complex and politically charg..

This book describes analysis techniques and results of topics such as physical backgrounds, chemical backgrounds, and principal methods of topo-optical reactions used in ultrastructure research of the ECM; orientation patterns of GAGs and collagen in different tissues/cartilage, cornea, kidney basem..

The Present book is aimed at providing a readable account of physical methods and results required to measure cell adhesion and interpret experimental data...

Plant Cell Culture..

This volume offers a well-organized overview of prion-related diseases. It reviews the symptoms, epidemiology, and neuropathology of the disease, and focuses on the idea that TSEs result from a novel mechanism involving transmission by replication of the misfolding of a single protein. The author, a..