Growth Factors: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series): 119 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199633592 ISBN 13: 9780199633593

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1997

Synopsis

This book is a step-by-step guide to studying growth factors, from the initial search for and characterization of new activities, to sophisticated in vivo analysis and molecular biology approaches such as D.N.A. cloning. It also covers the detection and study of growth inhibitory factors. Growth Factors: A Practical Approach is an invaluable practical guide for both those entering growth factor research for the first time and more experienced researchers. As well as covering a wide variety of techniques, this book includes a valuable appendix covering all known growth factors.

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Review

'for anyone planning to tackle these techniques ... this book is an invaluable source of hard-earned practical knowledge and experience from the front'Louis C. Mahadevan, King's College, Trends in Cell Biology, Vol. 3, December 1993

''this book is strongly recommended to anyone involved in growth-factor research'C. Jane Robinson, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, TIBTECH, March 1994 (Vol. 12)

Synopsis

Growth factors play an important role in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation of specific cell types. This is a guide to studying growth factors, from the search for and characterization of new activities, to "in vivo" analysis and molecular biology approaches such as DNA cloning. Although cytokines is included in the list of growth factors, the book avoids protocols relating specifically to cytokines and this volume should be seen as complementary to the volume "Cytokines: A Practical Approach" in the same series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199633592
• ISBN 13: 9780199633593
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: McKay Ian A.