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Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John T Hancock |
ISBN: | 9780199232109 0199232105 |
OCLC Number: | 747005630 |
Notes: | Http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service & doc_library=BVB01 & doc_number=018936372 & line_number=0001 & func_code=DB_RECORDS & service_type=MEDIA. |
Description: | xxii, 341 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Part I: An overview of cell signalling -- Aspects of cellular signalling -- Pathways are the key to signalling -- A look at some of the history and techniques of cell signalling -- Part II: Components that comprise signalling pathways -- Extracellular signals: hormones, cytokines and growth factors -- Detection of extracellular signals: the role of receptors -- Protein Phosphorylation, kinases and phosphatases -- Cyclic nucleotides, cyclases and G proteins -- Inositol phosphate metabolism and roles of membrane lipids -- Intracellular calcium: Its control and role as an intracellular signal -- Reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species and redox signalling -- Part III: Selected examples of signalling pathways and events -- Insulin and the signal transduction cascades it invokes -- Perception of the environment -- Signalling in development and for the regulation of gene expression -- Life, death and apoptosis -- Part IV: Final thoughts -- Cell Signalling: importance, complexity, and future Index. |
Responsibility: | John T. Hancock. |
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Complexity and specificity are the hallmarks of cell signalling, yet Hancock in this third edition has gone a long way to simplify these complicated processes. His signalling examples are clever and well-conceived, his writing descriptive and his passion for his subject infectious ... this is marvellous value for money and is a worthy companion to an undergraduate/postgraduate reference libary. John P. Phelan, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland in The Biochemist I think the summary at the end of the chapter is great - its gives key points that can be memorised or used as an index to check the content covered in this chapter. The points contain enough information to stand alone as facts, but are not too wordy. The further reading section is also really useful, giving references to all the papers mentioned in the chapter allowing quick and easy discovery of more detailed information that was touched on in the text. Charlotte Dunbar, 2nd year biology student, University of York Read more...

