Complement Regulatory Proteins

Complement Regulatory Proteins
by B. Paul Morgan (Author), Claire L. Harris (Author)

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* Hardcover: 382 pages
* Publisher: Academic Press; 1st edition (April 15, 1999)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0125069650

Book Description
From small beginnings in the early 1970s, the study of complement regulatory proteins has grown in the last decade to the point where it dominates the complement field. This growth has been fueled by the discovery of new regulators, the cloning of old and new regulators, the discovery that many of the regulators are structurally and evolutionarily related to each other and the development of recombinant forms for use in therapy. There are now more proteins known to be involved in controlling the complement system than there are components of the system and the list continues to grow. The time is ripe for a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of these intriguing proteins. This book does just that. The first few chapters discuss the "nuts-and-bolts" of the complement regulators, describing their structures, functional roles and modes of action. The roles of the complement regulators in vivo are then described, focusing on the consequences of deficiency, roles in the reproductive system, interactions with pathogens and exploitation for therapy. The interesting developments in defining the complement regulators expressed in other species are also discussed. The book is written as a monograph, albeit by two people. The text is as readable as possible without compromising on scientific accuracy and completeness. The conversational style very evident in some sections is deliberate! Placing all references in a single bibliography at the end of the text further improves readability. The reader will go to the book to discover a specific fact but be persuaded to read more and derive pleasure from the process. The authors' enthusiasm for the subject comes over strongly in the text, and this enthusiasm proves infectious.

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Cheese: Chemistry, Physics & Microbiology, Two-Volume Set

Cheese: Chemistry, Physics & Microbiology, Two-Volume Set, Volume 1-2, Third Edition
by Patrick F. Fox (Editor), Paul McSweeney (Editor), Timothy Cogan (Editor), Timothy Guinee (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 1056 pages
* Publisher: Academic Press; 3 edition (October 8, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0122636511

Book Description
The market for cheese as a food ingredient has increased rapidly in recent years and now represents upto approximately 50% of cheese production in some countries. This third edition of the highly successful two-volume work on the scientific aspects of Cheese: Chemistry, Physics, and Microbiology is available in two volumes entitled General Aspects and Major Cheese Groups. This title contains up-to-date reviews of the literature on the chemical, biochemical, microbiological and physico-chemical aspects of cheese in general. Volume one will focus on general aspects on the principles of cheese science, while volume two focuses on major cheese groups which is devoted to the characteristics of the principle families of cheese.

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