Osmosensing and Osmosignaling (Methods in Enzymology): Volume 428 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123739217 ISBN 13: 9780123739216

Publisher: Academic Press, 2007

Synopsis

For over fifty years the Methods in Enzymology series has been the critically acclaimed laboratory standard and one of the most respected publications in the field of biochemistry. The highly relevant material makes it an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life and related sciences. This volume features articles on the topic of osmosensing and osmosignaling written by experts in the field.

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About the Author

Helmut Sies, MD, PhD (hon), studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen, Munich, and Paris. He was the professor and chair of the Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany, where he is now professor emeritus. He is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and was the president of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was named ‘Redox Pioneer’; was the president of the Society for Free Radical Research International (SFRRI). Helmut Sies introduced the concept of “Oxidative Stress” in 1985, and was the first to reveal hydrogen peroxide as a normal constituent of aerobic cell metabolism. His research interests comprise redox biology, oxidants, antioxidants, micronutrients.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123739217
• ISBN 13: 9780123739216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 632
• Editor: Sies Helmut, Haeussinger Dieter