Nucleic acid biosensors for environmental pollution monitoring [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marco Mascini and Ilaria Palchetti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461623103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, : RSC Pub., 2011
• ISBN: 1-84973-269-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MasciniMarco; PalchettiIlaria
• Disciplina: 628.5/0287; 628.50287
• Soggetti: Nucleic acids - Biotechnology; Biosensors; Pollution - Measurement; Environmental monitoring; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: OFC_publicity; i-iv.PDF.pdf; v-vi; vii-x; 1-16; 17-33; 34-60; 61-81; 82-98; 99-120; 121-140; 141-164; 165-167; 168-176
• Sommario/riassunto: Nucleic acids are the fundamental building blocks of life and are found in all living things. In recent years, their functions have been shown to extend beyond the Watson-Crick base pair recognition of complementary strands. Molecules (known as aptamers) consisting of 40-50 nucleotides have been isolated that are able to bind a broad range of molecules with high affinity and specificity. The molecules recognized by aptamers range from small organic molecules to proteins, cells and even intact viral particles. Catalytic DNA molecules called NAzymes (RNAzyme or DNAzyme) have also been shown to e

The Sih-rozag in Zoroastrianism : a textual and historico-religious analysis / / Enrico Raffaelli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790993503321
• Autore: Raffaelli Enrico G.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-367-86771-0; 1-315-85074-5; 1-317-91360-4; 1-317-91361-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Collana: Iranian studies ; ; 20
• Classificazione: REL069000SOC053000
• Disciplina: 295/.82
• Soggetti: Zoroastrianism - Prayers and devotions - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. General notes on the Sih-Rozag -- 2. The Manuscript Tradition -- 3. Edition and Translation -- 4. Commentary -- 5. Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag, a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities, this book explores the spiritual principles and physical realities associated with them. Introducing the book is an overview of the structural, linguistic and historico-religious elements of the Avestan Sih-rozag. This overview, as well as reconstructing its approximate chronology, helps in understanding the original ritual function of the text and its relationship to the other Avestan texts.The book then studies the translation of the text in the Middle Persian language, Pahlavi, which was produced several centuries after its initial composition, when Avestan was no longer understood by the majority of the Zoroastrian community. Addressing the lacuna in literature examining an erstwhile neglected Zoroastrian text, The Sih-Rozag in Zoroastrianism includes a detailed commentary and an English translation of both the Avestan and Pahlavi version of the Sih-rozag and will be of interest to researchers and scholars of Iranian Studies, Religion, and History"--; "Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag."