Peptides of Poisonous Amanita Mushrooms

Theodor Wieland (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIV, 258 Seiten

2011 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-71297-5 (ISBN)

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During the past few decades we have witnessed an era of remarkable growth in the field of molecular biology. In 1950 very little was known ofthe chemical constitution of biological systems, the manner in which information was transmitted from one organism to another, or the extent to which the chemical basis of life is unified. The picture today is dramatically different. We have an almost bewildering variety of information detailing many different aspects oflife at the molecular level. These great advances have brought with them some breath-taking insights into the molecular mechanisms used by nature for replicating, distributing and modifying biological information. We have learned a great deal about the chemical and physical nature of the macro molecular nucleic acids and proteins, and the manner in which carbohydrates, lipids and smaller molecules work together to provide the molecular setting of living systems. It might be said that these few decades have replaced a near vacuum of informa tion with a very large surplus. It is in the context of this flood of information that this series of monographs on molecular biology has been organized. The idea is to bring together in one place, between the covers of one book, a concise assessment of the state of the subject in a well-defined field. This will enable the reader to get a sense of historical perspective what is known about the field today - and a description of the frontiers of research where our knowledge is increasing steadily.

Mushrooms Causing Death in Rare Cases.- Deadly Poisonous Amanita Mushrooms and Their Constituents.- Toadstools Accumulating Amatoxins.- Poisoning by Amatoxins.- Two Centuries of Amanita Research.- Recognition, Isolation, and Characterization of the Peptide Toxins.- The Chemistry of the Amatoxins, Phallotoxins and Virotoxins.- Molecular Pathology of the Amanita Peptides.- Non-Toxic Peptides from Amanita phalloides.- Phallolysin.- Retrospectives and Outlook.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.12.2011
Reihe/Serie	Springer Series in Molecular and Cell Biology
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 258 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte	Biology • growth • Lipide • Molecular Biology • Molecular mechanisms • Nucleic acid • Protein • proteins • Research
ISBN-10	3-642-71297-5 / 3642712975
ISBN-13	978-3-642-71297-5 / 9783642712975
Zustand	Neuware