by Kiyoshi Nagai and Iain W. Mattaj (1994)
Many biological processes rely absolutely on specific interactions between RNA and protein molecules. Most obviously, the study of RNA-protein interactions is crucial to understanding the mechanisms and control of gene expression and protein synthesis. The realization that RNAs are often far more biologically active than was previously appreciated has stimulated a great deal of new research in this field. Uniquely, in this book, the world's leading researchers have collaborated to produce a very detailed and current review of RNA-protein interactions for all researchers in this area. It covers approaches to analyse RNA-protein interactions both biochemically and structurally, detailed descriptions of key systems, and discussion of the role of interactions in generating RNA structure. The book is a timely, comprehensive, and authoritative review of the field and hence invaluable for all researchers in molecular biology, biochemistry, and structural biology.
Claude L. Malmendier and Peter Alaupovic
Proceedings comprising forty-two contributions on: genetic disorders of lipoid transport and their effect on coronary artery disease; new findings on primary, secondary and tertiary structures of apolipoproteins and lipoproteins; and the structure, genetics and potential function of serum amyloid A protein in lipid transport.
[edited by] Nancy E. Beckage, Jean-Michel Drezen
"Parasitoids are parasitic insects that kill their insect hosts in immature pre-reproductive stages. Parasitoids are employed in biological control programs worldwide to kill insect pests and are environmentally safe and benign alternatives to chemical pesticides. As resistance to chemical pesticides continues to escalate in many pest populations, attention is now refocusing on biologically based strategies to control pest species in agriculture and forestry as well as insect vector populations that transmit human and animal diseases. Parasitoids are an economically critical element in this equation and in integrated pest management. Viruses have evolved intimate associations with parasitoids, and this book features a large section on symbiotic viruses that are integrated into the wasp chromosomal DNA (polydnaviruses). A separate section on parasitoid venoms, which are of interest to the pharmaceutical and medical communities as well as insect-oriented biologists, is also featured"--Back cover.
Stefan Turek
This book discusses recent numerical and algorithmic tools for the solution of certain flow problems arising in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), which are governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. It contains several of the latest results for the numerical solution of (complex) flow problems on modern computer platforms. Particular emphasis is put on the solution process of the resulting high dimensional discrete systems of equations which is often neglected in other works. Together with the included CD ROM which contains the complete FEATFLOW 1.1 software and parts of the "Virtual Album of Fluid Motion", which is a "Movie Gallery" with lots of MPED videos, the interested reader is enabled to perform his own numerical simulations or he may find numerous suggestions for improving his own computational simulations.
Pierre Baldi and G. Wesley Hatfield
Massive data acquisition technologies--such as genome sequencing, high-throughput drug screening, and DNA arrays--are in the process of revolutionizing biology and medicine. This concise, user-friendly and interdisciplinary guide to DNA microarray technology is an introduction and a reference for both biologists and computational scientists. The authors describe the underlying technologies and offer an awareness of the "noise" and pitfalls present in the data generated. They also provide an idea of the different data mining techniques and algorithms that are available to interpret data, and the advantages and disadvantages of each in differing situations.