Investigations involving incisive mechanistic dissection of various types of synaptic plasticity have revealed that it plays key roles in neural development, sensory information processing, cortical remapping following brain injury, perception, and behavioral learning and memory.
In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Thirty-First Symposium, leading researchers from academia, industry, and government offer surveys and reviews of their cutting-edge research and latest applications in the production of fuels and chemicals through biotechnology.
This book focuses on methods for human clinical practice. It examines assays that are of established or potential clinical utility and are likely to be included in the repertoire of tests provided by a routine diagnostic and service laboratory.
This volume includes detailed techniques to examine mRNAs, small non-coding RNAs, protein-associated small RNAs, sulfur-containing RNAs, viral and satellite... Læs mere
The development of the hybridoma technology created the possibility to obtain unlimited amounts of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) with high specificity and affinity for any target and to introduce mAbs in a wide range of applications;
Ribozymes details protocols and techniques commonly used to study individual ribozymes and their characterizations. Chapters include introductions to their respective... Læs mere
Population genomics is a recently emerged discipline, which aims at understanding how evolutionary processes influence genetic variation across genomes.
As ever more petabytes of information are added to biological databases such as that for the human genome, this new volume in the Methods in Molecular Biology series explains how to convert the deluge of fresh data into new knowledge and biological insight.
In Liver Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers focus on several hepatic progenitor cells, hepatic differentiation form stem cells, bile ductal... Læs mere
Metabolic engineering is the practice of genetically optimizing metabolic and regulatory networks within cells to increase production and/or recovery of certain substance from cells.
This volume presents novel developments in UPS research and important methods related to recent advances in the field. The volume... Læs mere