Biological inorganic chemistry :
Crichton, Robert R.
Biological inorganic chemistry : an introduction Edited by Crichton,Robert R. with the collaboration of Lallemand,Fré́́deric; Psalti,Ioanna S.M. and Ward,Roberta J. - 1st ed. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008. - xii,369p ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes; bibliographical references and index.
An overview of metals in biology -- Basic coordination chemistry for biologists -- Biological ligands for metal ions -- Structural and molecular biology for chemists -- An overview of intermediary metabolism and bioenergetics -- Methods to study metals in biological systems -- Metal assimilation pathways -- Transport, storage and homeostatis of metal ions -- Sodium and potassium : channels and pumps -- Magnesium-phosphate metabolism and photoreceptors -- Calcium : cellular signalling -- Zinc : Lewis acid and gene regulator -- Iron : essential for almost all life -- Copper : coping with dioxygen -- Nickel and cobalt : evolutionary relics -- Manganese : water splitting, oxygen atom donor -- Molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium and chromium -- Metals in brain and their role in various neurodegenerative diseases -- Biomineralization -- Metals in medicine and the environment.
9780444527400 (pbk.) 0444527400 (pbk.)
2010279124
GBA768623 bnb
013828849 Uk
Chemistry
QP531 / .C75 2008
546CRI2008
Biological inorganic chemistry : an introduction Edited by Crichton,Robert R. with the collaboration of Lallemand,Fré́́deric; Psalti,Ioanna S.M. and Ward,Roberta J. - 1st ed. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008. - xii,369p ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes; bibliographical references and index.
An overview of metals in biology -- Basic coordination chemistry for biologists -- Biological ligands for metal ions -- Structural and molecular biology for chemists -- An overview of intermediary metabolism and bioenergetics -- Methods to study metals in biological systems -- Metal assimilation pathways -- Transport, storage and homeostatis of metal ions -- Sodium and potassium : channels and pumps -- Magnesium-phosphate metabolism and photoreceptors -- Calcium : cellular signalling -- Zinc : Lewis acid and gene regulator -- Iron : essential for almost all life -- Copper : coping with dioxygen -- Nickel and cobalt : evolutionary relics -- Manganese : water splitting, oxygen atom donor -- Molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium and chromium -- Metals in brain and their role in various neurodegenerative diseases -- Biomineralization -- Metals in medicine and the environment.
9780444527400 (pbk.) 0444527400 (pbk.)
2010279124
GBA768623 bnb
013828849 Uk
Chemistry
QP531 / .C75 2008
546CRI2008