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Allergic Contact Dermatitis: Chemical and Metabolic Mechanisms |
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Molecular toxicologists (Imperial College, London) provide biological information about a skin condition that is estimated to effect between one and four per-cent of the general population worldwide. It may arise following skin contact with a variety of exogenous small molecule sensitizers, xenobiotics that may be encountered commonly in the work place, the natural environment, and the home. Only during recent decades have the specific classes of sensitizing ch... >> |
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Taurine 5 : Beginning the 21st Century (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) |
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These papers from a September 2002 symposium report on research into the physiological, pharmacological, nutritional, and pathological role of taurine, examining renal and cardiovascular effects, the role of taurine in diabetes, osmoregulatory properties of taurine and taurine transport, taurine synthesis and nutrition, taurine in inflammation, and taurine in the retina and the brain. Specific subjects discussed include insulin-stimulated taurine uptake in the ... >> |
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Thermodynamics in Biology |
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Offers an understanding of biological function through an approach that balances structure and genetics. Each chapter provides examples of how thermodynamics can assist in the study of biological macromolecules and of phenomena encompassing protein and nucleic acid stability and ligand recognition. Some subjects include affinity prediction, electrostatic interactions in proteins and nucleic acids, and application of thermodynamics to the modeling of RNA seconda... >> |
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Biochemistry
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