lunes, 15 de septiembre de 2008

The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma


Libro a petición de RosZignael... una belleza de libro.

Contenidos del Libro:
Introduction: A Clock on the Heath
1.- The Sources of Variation
2.- Conserved Cells, Divergent Organisms
3.- Physiological Adaptability and Evolution
4.- Weak Regulatory Linkage
5.- Exploratory Behavior
6.- Invisible Anatomy
7.- Facilitated Variation
8.- Is Life Plausible?
Actualización: 01/09/2012

Trypanosomiasis

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Para Ezequiel... no encontré el libro que mencionaste pero encontre este otro.
Saludos.

Contenidos del Libro:
1.- Parasites: A World Health Problem
2.- Overview of African Trypanosomiasis a.k.a. African Sleeping Sickness
3.- Overview of American Trypanosomiasis a.k.a. Chagas' Disease
4.- A Close Look at Trypanosomes and Related Flagellates
5.- Epidemiology
6.- Clinical Disease
7.- Diagnosis in the Laboratory
8.- Treatment
9.- Prevention and Health Measures
10.- World Impact and Future Outlook
... con esquemas a todo color.

viernes, 12 de septiembre de 2008

Taylor - Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanisms

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... ahora si este es el último sobre Enzimología.

Contenidos del Libro:
1.- Introduction to Steady-State Kinetics
2.- The Generation of Experimental Data
3.- Methods for Model Evaluation
4.- Derivation of Mathematical Models
5.- Effects of Substrate Concentration
6.- Effects of Analog Inhibitors
7.- Effects of Product Inhibitors
8.- Effects of Substrate Inhibition
9.- Slow and Tight Inhibition
10.- The Thermodynamics of Initial Velocity
11.- Effects of pH
12.- Effects of Isotopic Substitution
13.- Effects of Other Reaction Conditions

jueves, 11 de septiembre de 2008

Bugg - Introduction to Enzyme and Coenzyme Chemistry


... Último libro que tengo sobre enzimas, subí todos los que pude encontrar.

Contenidos del Libro:

1.- From Jack Beans to Designer Genes
2.- All Enzymes are Proteins
3.- Enzymes are Wonderful Catalysts
4.- Methods for Studying Enzymatic Reactions
5.- Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Group Transfer Reactions
6.- Enzymatic Redox Chemistry
7.- Enzymatic Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation
8.- Enzymatic Addition/Elimination Reactions
9.- Enzymatic Transformations of Amino Acids
10.- Isomerases
11.- Radicals in Enzyme Catalysis
12.- Non-Enzymatic Biological Catalysis
Appendices:
1. Cahn–Ingold–Prelog rule for stereochemical nomenclature
2. Amino acid abbreviations
3. A simple demonstration of enzyme catalysis
4. Answers to problems

Actualizado 15/06/2010

miércoles, 10 de septiembre de 2008

Copeland - Enzymes: A Practical Introduction to Structure, Mechanism and Data Analysis

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Tenía la impresión de haber subido este libro, pero parece que no lo había hecho. Bueno acá se los dejo... este es un completisimo libro, uno de mis favoritos.

Contenidos del Libro:
1.- A Brief History of Enzymology
2.- Chemical Bonds and Reactions in Biochemistry
3.- Structural Components of Enzymes
4.- Protein‒Ligand Binding Equilibria
5.- Kinetics of Single-Substrate Enzyme Reactions
6.- Chemical Mechanisms in Enzyme Catalysis
7.- Experimental Measures of Enzyme Activity
8.- Reversible Inhibitors
9.- Tight Binding Inhibitors
10.- Time-Dependent Inhibition
11.- Enzyme Reactions with Multiple Substrates
12.- Cooperativity in Enzyme Catalysis
Appendix I. Suppliers of Reagents and Equipment for Enzyme Studies
Appendix II. Useful Computer Software and Web Sites for Enzyme Studies

Actualizado 15/06/2010

Copeland - Evaluation of Enzyme Inhibitors in Drug Discovery


Contenidos del Libro:
1. Why Enzymes as Drug Targets?
2. Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms
3. Reversible Modes of Inhibitor Interactions with Enzymes
4. Assay Considerations for Compound Library Screening
5. Lead Optimization and Structure-Activity Relationships for Reversible Inhibitors
6. Slow Binding Inhibitors
7. Tight Binding Inhibitors
8. Irreversible Enzyme Inactivators
Appendix 1. Kinetics of Biochemical Reactions
Appendix 2. Derivation of the Enzyme–Ligand Binding Isotherm Equation
Appendix 3. Serial Dilution Schemes

... especial para los que estudian Farmacia, y obviamente a los de Bioquímica también.
Saludos.

Actualizado 15/06/2010

Handboock of Biochemical Kinetics

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Este libro está en orden alfabético, pueden encontrar desde definiciones (como absortividad) a la definición y función de las enzimas presentes en las más diversas rutas metabólicas. También tiene esquemas y tablas.

Saludos.

Actualizado 15/06/2010

lunes, 8 de septiembre de 2008

Vannice - Kinetics of Catalytic Reactions

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Contenidos del Libro:
1. Introduction
2. Definitions and Concepts
3. Catalyst Characterization
4. Acquisition and Evaluation of Reaction Rate Data
5. Adsorption and Desorption Processes
6. Kinetic Data Analysis and Evaluation of Model Parameters for Uniform (Ideal) Surfaces
7. Modeling Reactions on Uniform (Ideal) Surfaces
8. Modeling Reactions on Nonuniform (Nonideal) Surfaces
9. Kinetics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions

Este libro incluye problemas al final de cada capítulo.

Saludos.

jueves, 4 de septiembre de 2008

Biomembranes: Receptors of Cell Adhesion and Recognition


Contenidos del Libro:
1.- Molecules of Cell Adhesion and Recognition: An Overview.
2.- Cell Recognition Molecules of the Immunoglobulin Superfamily in the Nervous System
3.- The T Cell Receptor
4.- The Major Presentation and Histocompatibility Complex
5.- Cadherins: A Review of Structure and Function
6.- The Integrin Family
7.- The Selectin Family
8.- The CD44 Family of Cell Adhesion Molecules: Functional Aspects
9.- Membrane-Associated Mucins
10.- Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins
11.- Immunoglobulin Fc Receptor: Diversity, Structure and Function

Libro a petición de Francisco... es lo único que tengo referente a adhesión celular, espero que te sirva mientras busco algo más.

Actualización: 20/09/2012

miércoles, 3 de septiembre de 2008

Animal Cell Biotechnology: Methods and Protocols

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Contenidos del Libro:
PART I. BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR ESTABLISHING PRODUCTION CELL LINES
1.- Transduction Technologies
2.- Cells for Gene Therapy and Vector Production
3.- Technology and Production of Murine Monoclonal and Recombinant Antibodies and Antibody Fragments
4.- DNA Fingerprinting and Characterization of Animal Cell Lines
PART II. BASIC CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES
5.- Microcarrier Cell Culture Technology
6.- Cell Encapsulation
7.- Tools for High-Throughput Medium and Process Optimization
PART III. CELL CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS
8.- Cell Counting and Viability Measurements
9.- Monitoring of Growth, Physiology, and Productivity of Animal Cells by Flow Cytometry
10.- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods for Monitoring Cell Growth and Metabolism in Intensive Bioreactors
11.- Methods for Off-Line Analysis of Nutrients and Products in Mammalian Cell Culture
12.- Application of Stoichiometric and Kinetic Analyses to Characterize Cell Growth and Product Formation
13.- Measurement of Apoptosis in Cell Culture
14.- Metabolic Flux Estimation in Mammalian Cell Cultures
PART IV. SPECIAL CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES
15.- Disposable Bioreactors for Inoculum Production and Protein Expression
16.- Hollow Fiber Cell Culture
17.- Cultivation of Mammalian Cells in Fixed-Bed Reactors
18.- Configuration of Bioreactors
PART V. DOWNSTREAM TECHNIQUES
19.- Membrane Filtration in Animal Cell Culture
20.- Chromatographic Techniques in the Downstream Processing of (Recombinant) Proteins
PART VI. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS
21.- Vaccine Production: State of The Art and Future Needs in Upstream Processing
22.- Retrovirus Production and Characterization
23.- Insect Cell Cultivation and Generation of Recombinant Baculovirus Particles for Recombinant Protein Production

Actualización: 24/08/2012

Animal Biotechnology: Science-based Concerns

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Contenidos del Libro:
1.- Introduction
2.- Applications of Biothnology Techniques
3.- Animals engineered for Human Health Purposes
4.- Food Safety Concerns
5.- Environmental Concerns
6.- Animal Health and Welfare
7.- Concerns related to Scientific uncertainty, Policy Context, Institutional capacity, and Social Implications.
APPENDIX A: Workshop Agenda
APPENDIX B: Regulatory Framework for Animal Biotechnology
About the Authors
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Actualización: 22/09/2012

martes, 2 de septiembre de 2008

Evolutionary Genetics (2º Edition)

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Contenidos del Libro:
  1. Evolution by natural selection
  2. Models of populations
  3. Evolution in diploid populations
  4. The variability of natural populations
  5. Evolution at more than one locus 
  6. Quantitative genetics
  7. A model of phenotypic evolution
  8. Finite and structured populations
  9. Evolution in structured populations
  10. The evolution of prokaryotes
  11. The evolution of the eukaryotic genome
  12. The evolution of genetic systemsI. Sex and recombination
  13. The evolution of genetic systemsII. Some consequences of sex
  14. Macroevolution
  15. Reconstructing evolutionary history
Saludos.

Actualización: 24/09/2012

lunes, 1 de septiembre de 2008

DNA and your Body



Contenidos del Libro:

1.- DNA, growth and differentiation
2.- DNA and disease
3.- DNA and the human genome project
4.- DNA and cloning
5.- DNA and genetic engineering
6.- DNA and tissue engineering
7.- DNA and the adult human body
8.- DNA and ageing
9.- DNA and aberrant development
10.- DNA and proteomics
11.- DNA and the future

Actualización: 22/09/2012