Life sciences for the 21st century / edited by E. Keinan ... -- Wiley, 2004 |
Contents
1. Ribosomes, The Machines of Life 1
2. RNase P: Variations and Uses 49
3. The Antiquity of RNA-Based Evolution 61
4. Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetases as potential markers for the development of the genetic code 81
5. The Ubiquitin-Mediated Proteolytic System 93
6. How Proteins Speak With One Another in Cell Signaling 151
7. From Tyrphostins to Gleevec: Signal Transduction Therapy - From Concept to the Clinic 175
8. Protein Phosphorlation: What Does the Future Hold? 191
9. The Concept of Specificity in Peptide Vaccines for Infectious, Autoimmune and Neoplastic Diseases 225
10. The Prospect of Cell Replacement Therapy by Nuclear Transplantation 259
11. The Control of Hematopoiesis and Leukemia: From Basic Biology to the Clinica 269
12. No Future for Agriculture without Plant Biotechnology 287
13. The Phantom Vector of an Emerging Viroid 297
14. From Rapeseed ti Canola 305
15. Future of Maize Improvement 311
16. Population Dynamics in Evolutionary Ecology 327