1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461756903321

Autore

Ekberg Carl J

Titolo

A French aristocrat in the American West [[electronic resource] ] : the shattered dreams of De Lassus de Luzières / / Carl J. Ekberg ; with a foreword by Marie-Sol de La Tour d'Auvergne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8262-7227-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

944.04092

B

Soggetti

Aristocracy (Social class) - France

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Source documents" (p. [115] - 225) contains 36 items given here in English translations.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. From France to the Mississippi valley -- pt. 2. Source documents.

Sommario/riassunto

Biography of Frenchman who escaped the French Revolution, came to America, and founded the town of New Bourbon, leaving behind extensive commentaries on the Missouri frontier at the close of the colonial era.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455915303321

Titolo

A new model for analyzing antimicrobial peptides with biomedical applications [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Edwin L. Cooper, Alain Beschin, and Martin Bilej

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2002

ISBN

1-280-50542-7

9786610505425

600-00-0323-4

1-60129-399-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

NATO science series. Series I, Life and behavioural sciences, , 1566-7693 ; ; v. 343

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperEdwin L <1936-> (Edwin Lowell)

BeschinAlain

BilejM

Disciplina

592.64

Soggetti

Peptide antibiotics - Analysis

Invertebrates - Immunology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on a New Model for Analyzing Antimicrobial Peptides with Biomedical Applications, 4-7 July, 2001, Prague, Czech Republic"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Introduction to the Earthworm Immune System; Coelomocytes (Leukocytes); Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxicity; Other Annelid Models: Leeches; Other Invertebrate Models; Mitogenic, Lectin and Cytokine-like Activities; Activities against Parasites; Summary and Perspectives; Bibliography of Edwin L. Cooper emphasizing on earthworms (1966-2002); Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume first presents evidence for the earthworm's immune system; the results strongly suggest that certain molecules of the earthworm's immune system may be exploited as natural antibiotics - thus the biomedical applications.