Author: J.M. Polak
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: supplementum, experientia, peptides, regulatory
Number of Pages: 406
Published: 1988-10-01
List price: $257.00
ISBN-10: 3764319763
ISBN-13: 9783764319762

Author: Tomas Hökfelt
Publisher: Springer Basel
Keywords: supplementum, experientia, galanin
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2010-08-25
List price: $209.00
ISBN-10: 3034602278
ISBN-13: 9783034602273

Galanin is a neuropeptide found both in the central and peripheral nervous system. The 29-amino acid peptide (named after its N-terminal glycine and C-terminal alanine) was identified in 1983 by its C-terminal amidation. This ’reverse’ approach, that is to discover a substance through a distinct chemical feature, and only subsequently to characterize its biological activity, was novel and has been successful in the identification of several other peptides. After the structure of galanin was determined in 1983, functional studies were performed with material purified from natural

Author: Volker Loeschcke
Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
Keywords: supplementa, experientia, genetics, conservation
Number of Pages: 380
Published: 1994-05-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 3764329394
ISBN-13: 9783764329396

Author: Miriam Lehrer
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: supplementum, experientia, arthropods, communication
Number of Pages: 395
Published: 1997-11-18
List price: $245.00
ISBN-10: 3764356936
ISBN-13: 9783764356934

The present volume deals with the most fascinating aspects of sensory performance studied in insects, crustaceans and spiders. Arthropods inhabit practically every conceivable ecological niche, and are perfectly adapted to cope with the constraints of their natural habitats. They move on the ground, in water, and in the air. They use visual, olfactory, acoustical, vibratory, and tactile cues for orientation, to recognize and pinpoint their target, their home place, a feeding site, a prey, or a potential mate. Many arthropods use celestial (skylight) and terrestrial (magnetic) compass cues for

Authors:I.D. Goldberg, E.R. Rosen,
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: supplementum, experientia, angiogenesis, control
Number of Pages: 431
Published: 1996-12-23
List price: $241.00
ISBN-10: 3764353090
ISBN-13: 9783764353094

We now know that excessive angiogenesis contributes to the development of a variety of disease processes, including cancer, chronic inflammatory disease, and diabetic retinopathy. On the other hand, insufficient angiogenesis may impair wound healing and organ repair. This volume describes recent advances in understanding the molecular regulation of angiogenesis. Subjects covered include important pro-angiogenic growth factors (e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor, scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor) and their receptors; angiogenesis inhibitors (e.g., thro

Authors:Braunbeck, Streit, Hinto,
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: supplementum, experientia, ecotoxicology, fish
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 1998-03-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 376435819X
ISBN-13: 9783764358198

In the last twenty years, ecotoxicology has successfully established its place as an interdisciplinary science concerned with the effects of chemicals on populations and ecosystems, thus bridging the gap between biological and environmental sciences, ecology, chemistry and traditional toxicology. In modern ecotoxicology, fish have become the major vertebrate model, and a tremendous body of information has been accumulated. This volume attempts to summarize our present knowledge in several fields of primary ecotoxicological interest ranging from the use of (ultra)structural modifications of sel

Author: P. Jolles
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: experientia, supplementum, biology, biochemistry, model, enzymes, lysozymes
Number of Pages: 449
Published: 1996-07-30
List price: $255.00
ISBN-10: 3764351217
ISBN-13: 9783764351212

More than seventy years after Fleming’s discovery of lysozyme, this enzyme continues to play a crucial role as a model enzyme in protein chemistry, enzymology, crystallography, molecular biology and genetics, immunology and also in evolutionary biology. The classical representative of this widespread enzyme family is the hen egg-white lysozyme. Chicken (c)-type lysozymes have also been characterized in many other animals including mammals, reptiles and invertebrates. Besides this c-type lysozyme, other distinct types, differing on the basis of structural, catalytic and immunological crit