Zinc biochemistry, physiology, and homeostasis
Subtitle: recent insights and current trends
By: edited by W. Maret.
Contributors: Maret, W.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
Subjects: Zinc -- Physiological effect; Zinc -- Metabolism
Description: This text is a collection of fourteen articles previously published in BioMetals, Volume 14, Numbers 3-4, 2001, reviewing advances made in the field of zinc biology during the past decade. Topics include the chemistry of zinc (II) fluorophore sensors; fluorescence- based biosensing of zinc using carbonic anhydrase; cellular zinc sensors; bacterial zinc transporters and regulators; eukaryotic zinc transporters; zinc coordination sphere in biochemical zinc sites; zinc in caspase activation and apoptotic cell death; functions of zinc in signaling, proliferation and differentiation of mammalian cells; zinc homeostasis; synaptically released zinc; extracellular and immunological actions of zinc; and zinc metabolism. For researchers and teachers in bioinorganic chemistry, biological sciences, nutrition, and medicine in relation to mineral metabolism in health and disease. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.