Download or read book Concepts of Biology written by Samantha Fowler and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concepts of Biology is designed for the single-semester introduction to biology course for non-science majors, which for many students is their only college-level science course. As such, this course represents an important opportunity for students to develop the necessary knowledge, tools, and skills to make informed decisions as they continue with their lives. Rather than being mired down with facts and vocabulary, the typical non-science major student needs information presented in a way that is easy to read and understand. Even more importantly, the content should be meaningful. Students do much better when they understand why biology is relevant to their everyday lives. For these reasons, Concepts of Biology is grounded on an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand.We also strive to show the interconnectedness of topics within this extremely broad discipline. In order to meet the needs of today's instructors and students, we maintain the overall organization and coverage found in most syllabi for this course. A strength of Concepts of Biology is that instructors can customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom. Concepts of Biology also includes an innovative art program that incorporates critical thinking and clicker questions to help students understand--and apply--key concepts.
Download or read book Cell Cycle and Oncogenes written by Widmar Tanner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Cell Cycle Deregulation in Cancer written by Greg H. Enders and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer is fundamentally a disease of abnormal cell proliferation: Cancer cells multiply when and where they should not. This proliferation entails escape from normal bounds imposed by the tissue environment, the internal biology of the cell (DNA damage, chromosomal imbalances, disorganized mitotic spindles), and the proliferative history of the cell (normal generational times). Some of the key oncogenic events in cancer directly perturb proteins that regulate progression through the cell division cycle, others alter cell cycle progression indirectly, through effects on signaling pathway that impinge on the cell cycle. This biology is fundamentally important in cancer therapy. Many of the workhorse treatments for cancer rely on killing proliferating cells. Furthermore, there is growing recognition that stem cell-transit amplifying cell hierarchies may persist or be generated during tumorigenesis, generating important functional heterogeneity in cell cycle control among tumor cells, with far-reaching scientific and clinical implications. This volume outlines major cell cycle perturbations that drive tumorigenesis and considers the prospects for using such knowledge in cancer therapy.
Download or read book The Cell Cycle and Cancer written by Renato Baserga and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cell Cycle and Growth Control written by Gary S. Stein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-05-24 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive work provides detailed information on all known proteolytic enzymes to date. This two-volume set unveils new developments on proteolytic enzymes which are being investigatedin pharmaceutical research for such diseases as HIV, Hepatitis C, and the common cold. Volume I covers aspartic and metallo petidases while Volume II examines peptidases of cysteine, serine, threonine and unknown catalytic type. A CD-ROM accompanies the book containing fully searchable text, specialised scissile bond searches, 3-D color structures and much more.
Download or read book Proto Oncogenes in Cell Development written by Gregory R. Bock and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented here are the most up-to-date research findings of leading international scientists in the field of aging. The collected data explores the biological, medical, and chemical implications and the latest thinking on the role of proto-oncogenes and their relationship to cell development and deterioration in amphibians, the role of the eukaryotic cell cycle, and the role of proto-oncogenes in differentiation and development.
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Download or read book Progress in Cell Cycle Research written by Laurent Meijer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest volume in this highly regarded series covers current advances in the fast-moving field of cell cycle research by gathering reviews otherwise scattered throughout the literature. Contributions encompass fields from cell and molecular biology to biochemistry.
Download or read book Oncogenes as Transcriptional Regulators written by Moshe Yaniv and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intensive study of molecular events leading to cellular transformation in tissue culture or in intact organisms culminated in the identification of 100 or more genes that can be defined as oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. Functionally, these genes can be divided into several classes, each involved in a different step in transmission of signals from the exterior of the cell to the nucleus. The first oncogenes to be biochemically character ized included membrane receptors for growth factors, growth factors themselves, protein kinases or small GTP binding proteins involved in signal transduction. Later, the development of techniques to study pro teins-DNA interaction in eucaryotes and the isolation and characterization of many promoter and enhancer sequences revealed that a number of the classical retroviral oncogenes were indeed transcription factors. In paral lel, the rapid progress in the identification and cloning of chromosomal translocations in human and animal malignancies and the increased reper toire of known transcription factors families revealed that many other transcription factors can playa critical role in cancer. A more recent devel opment concerns tumor suppressor genes. The realization that human tumors are frequently associated with a loss of function of one or several genes is also one of the landmarks of cancer research in the last 15 years. Again, as we will see below, some of these genes encode transcription factors. It is becoming increasingly difficult to cover in a single monograph all oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.
Download or read book Oncogenes and Carcinogenesis written by Pinar Erkekoglu and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oncogenes are mutated and/or overexpressed at high levels in tumor cells. Tumors of the lung, breast, pancreas, and colon may display specific oncogenetic features. These tumors have been largely associated with exposure to environmental carcinogens and a variety of biological agents, including viruses. These carcinogens can induce specific genetic and epigenetic alterations in these tissues, leading to aberrant functioning of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. On the microRNAs (miRNAs) there are significant modifiers of both transcription and translation of oncogenes in carcinogenesis. In the last 50 years, several oncogenes and microRNAs related to these oncogenes have been identified in different types of human cancers. It is now clear that high expression of oncogenes, DNA damage response, and regulation of the cell cycle are related to the circadian clock. This book will mainly focus on the expressions of different oncogenes in breast, colon, and lung cancers. Moreover, readers will gain qualified scientific knowledge of the alterations in miRNAs in different types of cancers and the effects of the circadian clock on the expression of oncogenes in carcinogenesis.
Download or read book Regulation of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle written by Joan Marsh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprised of the latest developments in cell cycle research, it analyzes the principles underlying the control of cell division. Offers a framework for future investigation, especially that aimed toward understanding and treatment of cancer.
Download or read book Oncogenes As Transcriptional Regulators written by Moshe Yaniv and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 E2Fs and the Retinoblastoma Protein Family.- 2 Signalling to the C-terminus of p53.- 3 Chromosome Translocations Generating Chimeric Transcription Factors, Unique Genetic Events with Pleiotropic Cellular Consequences.- 4 The Runt Domain Transcription Factor, PEBP2/CBF, and its Involvement in Human Leukemia.- 5 EBNA2: A Viral Transcription Factor Essential for the Immortalization of Human B Lymphocytes by the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV).
Download or read book Apoptosis Senescence and Cancer written by David A. Gewirtz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides insight into established practices and research into apoptosis and senescence by examining techniques and research in the fields of cell death pathways, senescence growth arrest, drugs and resistance, DNA damage response, and other topics which still hold mysteries for researchers. This book concludes with established cancer therapies.
Download or read book Cell Growth and Oncogenesis written by S. Papa and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid progress has been made in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cell growth and oncogenesis during the past decade. This book comprises recent results on the regulation of cell growth in normal and neoplastic tissues by growth factors including hormones, and by the activation and inactivation of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, respectively. Special attention has been given to the presentation of the frequently neglected close correlation between changes in signal transduction and metabolism pathways during oncogenesis.
Download or read book Oncogenes written by Geoffrey M. Cooper and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this authoritative text details major advances and developments in the field, such as the identification of many new tumor suppressor genes and the striking progress in understanding signal transduction pathways leading to cell proliferation. Oncogenes, Second Edition, addresses the needs of advanced undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, physicians, and scientists by examining the current state of oncogene study and where future research may lead.
Download or read book The Oncogene and Tumour Suppressor Gene Factsbook written by Robin Hesketh and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1997-07-11 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of The Oncogene and Tumour Suppressor Gene FactsBook has been completely revised, updated, and expanded by 60%. The book contains more than 80 entries on oncogenes including JUN, MYC, and RAS, as well as DNA tumour viruses, tumour suppressor genes, including p53, retinoblastoma, BRCA1, BRCA2, VHL, F2FL, and essential material on angiogenesis and metastasis, apoptosis, cell cycle control, and gene therapy. Includes much new data on this fast-moving field, including newly discovered oncogenes Summarizes the clinical association and molecular properties of all known oncogenes and tumor suppression genes Contains more than 2000 terms for reference and further research Revised to included signaling pathways, apoptosis, and metastasis
