Search Results - "Genetics"

Physical models of living systems / by Nelson, Philip Charles, Bromberg, Sarina, Hermundstad, Ann, Prentice, Jason

Table of Contents: “…Randomness in cellular processes ; Negative feedback control ; Genetic switches in cells ; Cellular oscillators.…”
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Pathology of Alzheimer's disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Alzheimer's disease as the commonest neurodegenerative disease -- Alzheimer's disease as one of the protein folding disorders -- Alzheimer's disease is rarely inherited due to mutations of one of three genes -- Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele as genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease -- Neuritic plaques -- Neurofibrillary tangles -- Amyloid-beta peptide -- Tau protein.…”
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Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society /

Table of Contents: “…Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global warming -- Energy, chemistry, and society -- The water for life -- Neutralizing the threat of acid rain -- The fires of nuclear fission -- Energy from electron transfer -- The world of Polymers and plastics -- Manipulating molecules and designing drugs -- Nutrition: food for thought -- Genetic engineering and the molecules of life.…”

Propagation and variability of the yeast [PSI+] prion

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Prion -- Yeast prions as non-chromosomal genetic determinants -- Modular structure of the Sup35 protein responsible for the yeast [PSI+] prion -- Role of the Hsp104 chaperone in [PSI+] prion propagation -- Two-level structure of the [PSI+] prion aggregates and methods for studying the size of prion polymers -- Non-prion amyloids in yeast -- Variability of the yeast [PSI+] prion.…”
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Innate immunity of the lung and adaptation to air breathing at birth

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Innate host defense of the lung -- Stages of the developing lung -- Diversity of airway epithelial cell types -- Alveolar host defense -- Surfactant composition -- Respiratory distress syndrome -- Genetic networks -- Transcriptional networks and perinatal adaptation -- Diseases of alveolar homeostasis -- Histopathology of surfactant abnormalities -- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis -- Alveolar macrophage cell lines -- GM-CSF.…”
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Control of growth the Drosophila Myc homolog /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The Myc oncogene in vertebrates -- Molecular function of Myc -- Normal function of Myc -- Myc in other taxa -- Myc in Drosophila melanogaster -- Myc controls animal size, endoreplication, apoptosis, cell competition and asymmetric division -- Molecular function of Myc in Drosophila melanogaster -- Ribosome synthesis -- Max-independent activities -- Genetic screening can reveal essential partners.…”
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Chronic pancreatitis

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Multiple predisposing conditions with a final common pathway of fibrosis -- Smoking and alcohol are well known major risk factors, recently identified conditions include autoimmune pancreatitis and genetic forms of pancreatitis -- Diagnosis is straightforward in patients with far-advanced disease, and quite challenging and difficult in those with early disease -- Treatment of pain -- Treatment of Exocrine insufficiency -- Complications.…”
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Gene expression analysis of pluripotent stem cells

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Pluripotent stem cells and gene expression analysis -- Plutipotent Stem Cells -- iPSC from various genetic backgrounds using different reprogramming methods and culture conditions -- Need for better standardization methods and markers to confirm cell state -- Gene expression analysis to identify new biomarkers and to confirm cell type based on expression pattern.…”
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What causes ADHD? understanding what goes wrong and why / by Nigg, Joel T.

Table of Contents: “…-- Multiple pathways -- Genetic effects -- Uncommon experiential risk factors -- Common experiential risk factors -- Integration -- Multiple pathways reconsidered -- Conclusion.…”
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Biosphere origin and evolution

Table of Contents: “…Ecosystems and molecular genetic factors of organism evolution -- pt. VI. Biosphere and human being.…”
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Brain development in Drosophila melanogaster

Table of Contents: “…The development of the Drosophila larval brain -- Anteroposterior regionalization of the brain: genetic and comparative aspects -- Dorsoventral patterning of the brain: a comparative approach -- Dissection of the embryonic brain using photoactivated gene expression -- Design of the larval chemosensory system -- Development of the Drosophila olfactory system -- The olfactory sensory map in Drosophila -- Optic lobe development -- Clonal unit architecture of the adult fly brain.…”
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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) syndromes

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Clinical spectrum FTD -- Frontal or behavioural variant -- Semantic dementia -- Progressive non-fluent aphasia -- Disease overlap -- Genetic factors -- Epidemiological facts -- Neuropsychological methods and imaging diagnostics -- Pathological groupings of FTD -- Tau positive inclusions cases including Pick's disease, familial tauopathies and corticobasal degeneration -- Ubiquitin positive inclusions cases -- Multidisciplinary management of FTD.…”
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Editor's foreword

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Genes and gene products - Role of CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6 and CYP2E1 in drug metabolism - Regulation of gene expression - Effect of genetic variation - Clinically relevant polymorphisms.…”
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The Search for the First Americans : Science, Power, Politics / by Davis, Robert V., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…American Indian creation myths -- Euro-American theories -- Clovis-first -- Pre-Clovis: Monte Verde and Meadowcroft -- Case studies: Atlantis and Chinese bestiary -- Anthropology and archaeology -- Bioanthropology -- The other sciences: genetics, linguistics, and physics -- Laboratories and museums -- Identity and heritage preservation -- Native American graves protection and Repatriation Act -- Case studies: Kennewick Man and Tarim Basin.…”
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William J. Spillman and the birth of agricultural economics by Carlson, Laurie M., 1952-

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Adolescent medicine pharmacotherapeutics in general, mental and sexual health /

Table of Contents: “…Overview on adolescence -- Concepts of health care in adolescents in the 21st century -- Principles of pharmacology -- Basic concepts of neurotransmission -- Genetics and adolescent medicine -- Concepts of emergency care -- Concepts of surgical disorders in adolescents -- Concepts of psychotherapy in adolescents -- Substance abuse disorders -- Pharmacotherapy of adolescent attention deficit -- Disorders of disruption, violence, and cognitive abilities -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Schizophrenia -- The adolescent breast -- Menstrual disorders in the adolescent -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Contraception in adolescents -- Adolescent pregnancy -- About the editors -- About the Department of Pediatric and Human Development, Michigan -- About the Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Kentucky -- About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel.…”
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Experimental animal models in neurobehavioral research

Table of Contents: “…Sufka -- Unpredictable chronic mild stress in mice / Alexandre Surget and Catherine Belzung -- Sleep structure during chronic stress and anhedonia in the mouse model of depression / Tatyana Strekalova, Raymond Cespuglio and Vladimir Kovalzon -- Understanding the stress response through mouse genetics / Amy F. Eisener-Dorman and Valerie Bolivar.…”
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Pediatric retina /

Table of Contents: “…Assessment of visual function and structure in pediatric retinal conditions -- section III. Genetics and pediatric retina -- section IV. Tumors and uveitis in infants and children -- section V. …”
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Plant Methods

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