Introduction to Protein Science: Architecture, Function, and Genomics - Softcover

Lesk, Arthur M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199265119 ISBN 13: 9780199265114

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Proteins are essential to life, having a vital role in all living organisms. They are the ultimate micro machines: some are building blocks, joining with other substances to make the cells from which we are all formed. Some are catalysts, speeding up essential biochemical reactions to keep our
cells alive. Yet others help cells to communicate, to move, and to build up the complex mix of tissues that make up our bodies.

Introduction to Protein Science provides a broad ranging introduction to the contemporary study of proteins suitable for students on biosciences degrees internationally. Starting by describing the structure of proteins and how these structures can be studied, the book goes on to illustrate the
wide range of functions that proteins have, showing how the shape of a protein is intimately linked to the function that it has. The book then describes how new experimental and computational techniques are helping us to predict a protein s structure and function, and how this is paving the way for
us to design new proteins with specific characteristics, with exciting implications in areas such as drug design.

Written by Arthur Lesk, the author of the highly successful Introduction to Bioinformatics, this book offers the same clear, student friendly approach to an equally important area of bioscience. Recent advances in genomics and proteomics have paved the way for an explosion of interest in protein
structure and function. This book captures the current state of excitement in a way that all biosciences students will find appealing.

Online Resource Centre:

- Downloadable figures
- A Web link library
- Animated illustrations (pictures of complicated structures are much more effective if presented as animations; this
will take the form of a computer-readable supplement to the book).

All these will be available on the Online Resource Centre at www.oup.com/uk/booksites/biosciences/

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Arthur Lesk is a Senior Research Associate, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge.

Review

Review from previous edition: "This is a lively and engaging text which provides an up-to-date introductory view of protein science with plenty of interesting examples. The text is well explained and organized into short sections which provide students with brief introductions to a wide range
of topics. I would recommend this book to my students to read in parallel to our courses to build a broad understanding of protein science, and also to anyone who is interested in learning about this area of science"

--Dr Gail Hutchinson, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading

"This text is a great resource for teaching an interdisciplinary course. It can be easily supplemented to engage students from life and physical sciences as well as engineering."

--Dr Melisenda Jean McDonald, Chemistry Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0199265119
• ISBN 13: 9780199265114
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336