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Applied anatomy and physiology and the renal disease process

Book Chapter

Chalmers, C. (2019)

Applied anatomy and physiology and the renal disease process. In Renal nursing: Care and management of people with kidney disease, 21-58. (5). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119413172.ch2

This chapter provides the reader with a detailed discussion of all aspects of renal physiology and its relationship to important pathophysiological processes in renal disease,...

The Ex Vivo Organ Culture of Bone

Book Chapter

Staines, K. A., Brown, G., & Farquharson, C. (2019)

The Ex Vivo Organ Culture of Bone. In Bone Research Protocols (199-215). New york, USA: Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8997-3_10

The ex vivo organ culture of bone provides many of the advantages of both the whole organism and isolated cell strategies and can deliver valuable insight into the network of ...

Antiviral host defence peptides.

Book Chapter

Sousa, F. H., Casanova, V., Stevens, C., & Barlow, P. G. (2016)

Antiviral host defence peptides. In R. M. Epand (Ed.), Host Defense Peptides and Their Potential as Therapeutic Agents, 57-94. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32949-9_3

The on going global mortality and morbidity associated with viral pathogens highlights the need for the continued development of effective, novel antiviral molecules. The anti...

Regulation and Function of the Original p53- Inducible p21 Gene

Book Chapter

Fraser, J. A. (2010)

Regulation and Function of the Original p53- Inducible p21 Gene. In p53; Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit, 100-116. Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8231-5_7

P21 is a well known regulator of cell cycle progression through its inhibitory actions on Cyclin dependent kinases, (Cdk)/cyclin complexes, and DNA replication via its binding...

Regulation of capsule expression

Book Chapter

Taylor, C., & Roberts, I. S. (2010)

Regulation of capsule expression. In . M. Wilson (Ed.), Bacterial Adhesion to Host Tissues: Mechanisms and Consequences, (115-138). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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Capsular Polysaccharides and Their Role in Virulence

Book Chapter

Taylor, C. M., & Roberts, I. S. (2004)

Capsular Polysaccharides and Their Role in Virulence. In W. Russell, & H. Herwald (Eds.), Concepts in Bacterial Virulence; Contributions to Microbiology, 55-66. Karger Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1159/000081689

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The ‘Chicken and Egg’ Problem of Co-evolution of Peptides and Their Cognate Receptors: Which Came First?

Book Chapter

Darlison, M. G., & Richter, D. (1999)

The ‘Chicken and Egg’ Problem of Co-evolution of Peptides and Their Cognate Receptors: Which Came First?. In D. Richter (Ed.), Regulatory Peptides and Cognate Receptors (1-11). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49421-8_1

As will be evident from the other chapters in this Volume, small peptide molecules regulate a wide variety of biological processes in both vertebrate and invertebrate species....

GABA-, Glycine-, and Glutamate-Gated Channels and Their Possible Involvement in Neurological and Psychiatric Illness

Book Chapter

Darlison, M. G., & Harvey, R. J. (1996)

GABA-, Glycine-, and Glutamate-Gated Channels and Their Possible Involvement in Neurological and Psychiatric Illness. In Molecular Biology of Membrane Transport Disorders, 169-180. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1143-0_9

Rapid chemical communication between cells in the vertebrate central nervous system is mediated by ligand-gated ion-channel receptors (also called ionotropic receptors), which...

Molecular Characterization of GABA-Gated Chloride Ion Channels from Complex and Simple Nervous Systems

Book Chapter

Darlison, M. G. (1994)

Molecular Characterization of GABA-Gated Chloride Ion Channels from Complex and Simple Nervous Systems. In C. Peracchia (Ed.), Handbook of Membrane Channels, 303-315. Academic Press Books. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-550640-3.50025-3

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Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors

Book Chapter

Darlison, M. G., Hutton, M. L., & Harvey, R. J. (1993)

Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors. In Comparative Molecular Neurobiology, 48-64. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7265-2_3

In this chapter we introduce the reader to the structures of the different types of ligand-gated ion-channel receptor, and the numerous receptor subtypes that have recently be...