SC - 1278 | The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology

John M. Lackie (ed.)

An expanded, up-to-date resource for students and researchers, The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology, Fifth Edition, provides clear and concise definitions needed for laboratory study. With over 12,000 entries and a breadth of terms across bioscience, including plant molecular biology, microbiology and biotechnology, this revision reflects the changes in the research over the past few years.

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SC - 1277 | What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology

Addy Pross

Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrodinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists ever since.

Living things are hugely complex and have unique properties, such as self-maintenance and apparently purposeful behaviour which we do not see in inert matter. So how does chemistry give rise to biology? What could have led the first replicating molecules up such a path?

Now, developments in the emerging field of 'systems chemistry' are unlocking the problem.

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SC - 1256 | Microbial Carotenoids from Bacteria and Microalgae: Methods and Protocols

J. Paniagua-Michel, Jorge Olmos-Soto (auth.), José-Luis Barredo (eds.)

Carotenoids are a family of yellow to orange-red terpenoid pigments synthesized by photosynthetic organisms and many bacteria and fungi. They have beneficial health effects protecting against oxidative damage and may be responsible for the colours associated with plants and animals.

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