Published January, 2015
By Rodolphe Barrangou and John van der Oost
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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CRISPR/Cas is a recently described defense system that protects bacteria and archaea against invasion by mobile genetic elements such as viruses and plasmids.

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Published January, 2015
By Heinz Mehlhorn, Kevin S. W. Tan, Hisao Yoshikawa and Kevin S.W. Tan
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Parasitology Research Monographs
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This volume summarizes what we know about blastocystis, the enigmatic organism whose pathogenesis we have recognized for a century but whose mechanisms remain mysterious to this day. It examines everything from its epidemiology to its varied clinical aspects.

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Published January, 2015
By Yves Christen, Richard I. Morimoto and Vice-President Yves Christen
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease
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Substantial evidence supports the hypothesis that the expression of damaged proteins initiates a cascade of molecular events that leads to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and other diseases of protein conformation.

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Published January, 2015
By Stefan Offermanns, Susan G Amara, Bernd Nilius, Ole H. Petersen, Reinhard Jahn, Thomas Gudermann and Roland Lill
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology
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Induced pluripotent stem cells in cardiovascular research.- TRPs in the brain.- The channel physiology of the skin.

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Published January, 2015
By Andreas Rummel and Thomas Binz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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The extremely potent substance botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) has attracted much interest in diverse fields. This book will cover the most recent molecular details of botulinum neurotoxin, its mechanism of action as well as its detection and application.

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Published January, 2015
By J. William Costerton, Patrick J. DeMeo, Garth D. Ehrlich and Heinz Winkler
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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During the recent transition between acute diseases caused by swarms of single planktonic bacteria, and chronic infections caused by bacteria growing in slime-enclosed biofilms, a general clinical consensus has emerged that pathologies with bacterial etiologies are frequently culture negative.

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Published January, 2015
By Andreas Ochsner, Lucas F. M. da Silva, Holm Altenbach and Andreas Oechsner
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Advanced Structured Materials
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Well known experts present their research in materials for drug delivery, dental implants and filling materials, biocompatible membranes, bioactive surface coatings and bio-compatible and eco-sustainable building materials.

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Published January, 2015
By Vladimir P. Skulachev, Felix O. Kasparinsky and Alexander V. Bogachev
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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The main subject of the book is the "energy coupling membrane" which refers to inner membranes of intracellular organelles, for example, mitochondria and chloroplasts. Cellular cytoplasmic membranes where respiratory and photosynthetic energy transducers, as well as ion-transporting ATP-synthases (ATPases) are also part of this membrane.

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Published January, 2015
By Werner A Muller, Werner Muller, Werner A. Mueller, Monika Hassel and Maura Grealy
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This book describes human development including sexual reproduction and stem cell research with the development of model organisms that are accessible to genetic and experimental analysis in readily understandable texts and 315 multi-colored graphics.

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Published January, 2015
By Werner A Muller, Werner Muller, Werner A. Mueller, Monika Hassel and Maura Grealy
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This book describes human development including sexual reproduction and stem cell research with the development of model organisms that are accessible to genetic and experimental analysis in readily understandable texts and 315 multi-colored graphics.

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