Apoptosis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Al-Rubeai, Mohamed (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1998.
• Series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, 62
• Subjects: Biotechnology.; Microbiology.; Chemical engineering.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

The aim of this volume is to provide an in-depth overview of the state-of-the-art research on apoptosis with contributions from key groups working in the field. This type of programme cell death has received wide and rapid attention and now is considered as one of the hottest areas of science. The v...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death
• Measurement of apoptosis
• The Bcl-2 gene family and apoptosis
• The role of caspases in apoptosis
• "Tissue" transglutaminase and apoptosis
• Survival factors and apoptosis
• Apoptosis and bioprocess technology.