Christopher Potten, C. S. Potten, James Wilson

Apoptosis

The Life and Death of Cells

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the biological implications and significance of apoptosis. Occurring naturally throughout the lifetime of most multicellular organisms, apoptosis, or programmed cell death, accounts for the continuous turnover of cells in the body. However, the genes regulating apoptosis are defective in many cancers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780521626798
• ISBN-10: 052162679X
• Artikelnr.: 22024712

Inhaltsangabe

1. Dead or alive
2. How to die
3. What to wear and who clears up the rubbish
4. To reproduce or die
5. The judge, jury, and executioner - the genes that control cell death
6. Stem cells
7. An in vivo system to study apoptosis: the small intestine
8. Cell death in diverse systems
9. Measuring levels of cell death.