9780879697709-0879697709-Essentials of Glycobiology

Essentials of Glycobiology

ISBN-13: 9780879697709
ISBN-10: 0879697709
Edition: 2
Author: Ajit Varki
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Format: Hardcover 784 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780879697709
ISBN-10: 0879697709
Edition: 2
Author: Ajit Varki
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Format: Hardcover 784 pages

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Essentials of Glycobiology (ISBN-13: 9780879697709 and ISBN-10: 0879697709), written by authors Ajit Varki, was published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in 2008. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Biochemistry (Chemistry, Biological Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Essentials of Glycobiology (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Biochemistry books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.37.

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The sugar chains of cells--known collectively as glycans--play a variety of impressive, critical, and often surprising roles in biological systems. Glycobiology is the study of the roles of glycans in the growth and development, function, and survival of an organism. Glyco-related processes, described in vivid detail in the text, have become increasingly significant in many areas of basic research as well as biomedicine and biotechnology. This new edition of Essentials of Glycobiology covers the general principles and describes the structure and biosynthesis, diversity, and function of glycans and their relevance to both normal physiologic processes and human disease. Several new chapters present significant advances that have occurred since the publication of the first edition. Three sections of note describe organismal diversity, advances in our understanding of disease states and related therapeutic applications, and the genomic view of glycobiology. "Glycomics," analogous to genomics and proteomics, is the systematic study of all glycan structures of a given cell type or organism and paves the way for a more thorough understanding of the functions of these ubiquitous molecules. The first edition of Essentials of Glycobiology represented also a notable experiment in publishing, as it became one of the first electronic textbooks. And, now, in recognition of its wide audience and the changing ways in which researchers and students learn and access information, the new edition of Essentials will be made available online simultaneously with the print edition. This novel experiment is the result of the collaborative efforts of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, and the editors of the book. Written and edited by glycobiologists with experience in teaching and in research, this volume will be an invaluable resource, both for students and for established investigators in fields such as developmental biology, cell biology, neuroscience, immunology, and biochemistry who require a complete yet concise introduction to this burgeoning field.

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