Handbook of Hormones: Comparative Endocrinology for Basic and Clinical Research - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128010282 ISBN 13: 9780128010280

Publisher: Academic Press, 2015

Synopsis

Handbook of Hormones: Comparative Endocrinology for Basic and Clinical Research collates fundamental information about the structure and function of hormones from basic biology to clinical use.

The handbook offers a rapid way to obtain specific facts about the chemical and molecular characteristics of hormones, their receptors and signalling pathways, and the biological activities they regulate.

The evolution of hormones and gene families is also covered both in the text and in online ancillaries.

Users will find simple and visual ways to learn key molecular information. Chapters and online ancillary resources integrate additional sections, providing a comparative molecular, functional, and evolutionary consideration.

• Provides the only single resource available with concise, yet informative descriptions of hormones in vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants
• Presents hormones in groups according to their origin, so that readers can easily understand their inter-relation
• Includes comparative information on the structures and functions of hormones enabling readers to understand both general and specific actions in and across species
• Ancillary website hosts additional information, including sequence data, comparative data, figures, and tables

About this title

About the Author

President of the Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology; Professor, Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Marine Bioscience Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0128010282
• ISBN 13: 9780128010280
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 674
• Editor: Takei Yoshio, Ando Hironori, Tsutsui Kazuyoshi