Molecular and Cellular Signaling

Martin Beckerman

ISBN 10: 0387221301 / ISBN 13: 9780387221304

Published by Springer New York Mär 2005, 2005

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Neuware - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Molecular and Cellular Signaling
• Publisher: Springer New York Mär 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387221301
• ISBN 13: 9780387221304
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 243W x 158H x 32D millimeters 243 millimeters width by 158 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 980 grams

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Synopsis

Biophysicists and medical doctors have learned that malfunction of the control layer in cells is responsible for a host of human disorders ranging from neurological disorders to cancers. Most drugs target components in the control layer, and difficulties in drug design are intimately related to the architecture of the control layer. Intended for a broad audience of students and others interested in furthering their understanding of how cells regulate and coordinate their core activities, this overview explains how the cellular control level works. The audience includes students in chemistry, physics and computer science who intend to work in biological and medical physics, and bioinformatics and systems biology. The first five chapters of the book are supply the background and review chapters, after which signaling in the immune, endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems is explained, as well as cancer, apoptosis and gene regulation

 

About the Author

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.