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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 592.64
• Soggetto topico: Peptide antibiotics - Analysis; Invertebrates - Immunology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CooperEdwin L <1936-> (Edwin Lowell) BeschinAlain BilejM
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A new model for analyzing antimicrobial peptides with biomedical applications
• ISBN: 1-280-50542-7; 9786610505425; 600-00-0323-4; 1-60129-399-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455915303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: NATO science series. : Series I, . -Life and behavioural sciences ; ; v. 343.