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Astrobiology: Future Perspectives

Astrobiology, a new exciting interdisciplinary research field, seeks to unravel the origin and evolution of life wherever ...

Biomineralization I

The five chapters of Biomineralization, volume 1, provide a bridge between the mineralogy and the organic substrates that ...

Carbon in the Geobiosphere

Carbon and carbon dioxide always played an important role in the geobiosphere that is part of the Earth’s outer shell and ...

Cell and Molecular Biology of Plastids

The present book provides a comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on plastid biogenesis, plastid-nuclear communication, ...

Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology

Cellulose: Molecular and Structural Biology is an up-to-date treatise on the most advanced and provocative research into ...

Chaperones

Molecular chaperones interact with virtually every newly synthesized protein. Their role is not limited to this, as an increasing ...

Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life

Up to now, we do not have a generally accepted theory about the origin of life and about the process of development of life, ...

Fine-Tuning of RNA Functions by Modification and Editing

This book provides advance information on RNA modification, including the associated editing machinery, while offering the ...

Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy / Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, José M. Prieto Garcia, Simon Gibbons, Elizabeth M. Williamson, A. Douglas Kinghorn, Mark Blumenthal

Pharmacognosy (the science of biogenic or nature-derived pharmaceuticals and poisons) has been an established basic pharmaceutical ...

Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods presents state-of-the-art discussions in modern genetics and genetic engineering. ...

Handbook of Plant and Animal Toxins in Food : Occurrence, Toxicity, and Prevention / Gulzar Ahmad Nayik, Jasmeet Kour

Focuses on various selected toxins in foods derived from plants as well as animals. The prominent plant toxins include solanine ...

Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes

"Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes" provides a summary of the current knowledge of these ...

Lysosomes

This book summarizes the current state-of-the art knowledge about this unique organelle. It addresses the biogenesis of this ...

Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria

Recent developments in the research on magnetotactic bacteria are presented in this volume. Included are reviews on the formation ...

Mitochondria and the Heart

The function of the heart is highly dependent on oxidative energy that is generated in mitochondria. Defects in mitochondrial ...

Molluscs

Marine molluscs are very promising candidates for a wide range of biotechnological applications. For example, they possess ...

Pseudomonas

Collects some issues in the field of Pseudomonas. This fourth volume covers the following topics: Virulence and Pathogens; ...

The Biogenesis of Cellular Organelles

This book begins by placing the study of organelle biogenesis in a historical perspective by describing past scientific strategies, ...

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