Long-lived Proteins in Human Aging and Disease

Herausgegeben:Truscott, Roger J. W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This authoritative overview on an emerging topic in the molecular life sciences explores the aging of (long-lived) proteins and their role in age-related diseases and in determining human lifespan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-VCH
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1134728 000
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 16mm x 178mm x 253mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9783527347285
• ISBN-10: 3527347283
• Artikelnr.: 59563420

Autorenporträt

Roger Truscott is a Research Professor at the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong. Having obtained his PhD at Melbourne University, he has spent most of his academic career working for the University of Sydney and the University of Wollongong. He has authored over 200 scientific publications. His main field of research is human aging with particular reference to age-related diseases, such as cataract. He has received numerous awards including a senior NHMRC fellowship and the National Foundation for Eye Research (USA) Cataract Research Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Modification of Long-lived Proteins and Protein InsolubilityChaperones as Agents that Detect and Bind to Modified Long-lived ProteinsAutophagy and ProteostasisComparison of PTMs of Long-lived Proteins from Various TissuesImaging Methodologies to Visualise Long-lived ProteinsGlycosylation and Other PTMs of Long-lived ProteinsHuman Aging and Long-lived Proteins