Selenium: Its Molecular Biology and Role in Human Health - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0792373359 ISBN 13 : 9780792373353

Editeur : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

List of Contributors. Foreword; R.F. Burk. Preface; D.L. Hatfield. Acknowledgements.1. Introduction; D.L. Hatfield. Part I: Biosynthesis of selenocysteine and its incorporation into protein: 2. Selenium metabolism in bacteria; A. Böck. 3. Mammalian selenocysteine tRNA; B.A. Carlson, et al. 4. Selenophosphate selenium donor for protein and tRNA; G.M. Lacourciere. 5. SECIS elements; G.W. Martin III, M.J. Berry. 6. SECIS binding proteins; P.R. Copeland, D.M. Driscoll. 7. Towards a mechanism for selenocysteine incorporation in eukaryotes; J.B. Mansell, M.J. Berry. 8.Regulation of selenoprotein expression; R.A. Sunde. Part II: Selenium-containing proteins: 9. Identity, evolution and function of selenoproteins and selenoprotein genes; V.N. Gladyshev. 10. Bacterial selenoenzymes and mechanisms of action; T.C. Stadtman. 11. Selenoprotein P; K.E. Hill, R.F. Burk. 12. Selenoprotein W: A muscle protein in search of a function; L. Walt Ream, et al. 13. The 15 kDa selenoprotein (Sep15): functional studies and a role in cancer etiology; V.N. Gladyshev, et al. 14. Selenoproteins of the glutathione system; L. Flohé, R. Brigelius-Flohé. 15. Selenoproteins of the thioredoxin system; A. Holmgren. 16. Selenium, deiodinases and endocrine function; D.L. St. Germain. Part III: Selenium and human health: 17. Selenium as a cancer preventive agent; G.F. Combs Jr., Junxuan Lü. 18.Selenium deficiency and human disease; R.Th.J. Coppinger, A.M. Diamond. 19. Selenium as an antiviral agent; M.A. Beck. 20. Role of selenium in HIV/AIDS; M.K. Baum, et al. 21. Effects of selenium on immunity and aging; R.C. McKenzie, et al. 22. Selenium and male reproduction; L. Flohé, et al. 23. Role of low molecular weight, selenium-containing compounds in human health; H.J. Thompson. 24. Evolution of human dietary standards for selenium; O.A. Levander. 25. Selenium in Biology and human health: controversies and perspectives; V.N. Gladyshev. Index.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0792373359
• ISBN 13: 9780792373353
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Éditeur: Hatfield Dolph L.
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