Language of the Cell
Published on 1. November 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
104 pages
978-0-07-035875-1 (ISBN)
Description
Summarizes the body of knowledge with regard to the coded messages that control the chemical factory that is the cell, and presents an account of new and effective therapeutic horizons in medicine created through an interpretation of the language of cells.
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Series
Edition
English ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
1700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-035875-1 (9780070358751)
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Content
Part 1 The cell and its signals: keys and locks; signal transmission and cell messengers; co-operative signalling. Part 2 Decoding and cell messengers: new families of signals; coded messages and decoders. Part 3 The language of integrated systems: stress and emergency signals; the brain and immunity. Part 4 The evolution of biological communication systems: a degree of indeterminateness; strategies for exploring diversity. Part 5: science - from eipstemology to policy.