Molecular Endocrinology - (Third Edition) ()

Author: Franklyn F. Bolander
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Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book first provides a detailed introduction to the fundamentals of endocrinology, followed by separate discussions on receptors, second messengers, and signal transduction, and concludes with several related topics. The content of the entire book revolves around the role and integration of hormones as its core. The new edition includes additional new topics, covering many recent research advancements. These include molecular diseases of the endocrine system, the exploitation of pathogens, and endocrine evolution. In the chapters on endocrine system evolution and comparative endocrinology, sequences of genomes from several species have been added, and these are elaborated on in conjunction with emerging proteomics. The book replaces numerous detailed original references with some new review articles, which not only presents the latest literature but also significantly reduces the length of each chapter. This book is suitable as a graduate textbook. For students who are not familiar with molecular endocrinology, as well as professionals in the field, it remains a comprehensive and authoritative work. The book first provides a detailed introduction to the fundamentals of endocrinology, followed by separate discussions on receptors, second messengers, and signal transduction, and concludes with several related topics. The content of the entire book revolves around the role and integration of hormones as its core. The new edition includes additional new topics, covering many recent research advancements. These include molecular diseases of the endocrine system, the exploitation of pathogens, and endocrine evolution. In the chapters on endocrine system evolution and comparative endocrinology, sequences of genomes from several species have been added, and these are elaborated on in conjunction with emerging proteomics. The book replaces numerous detailed original references with some new review articles, which not only presents the latest literature but also significantly reduces the length of each chapter. This book is suitable as a graduate textbook. For students who are not familiar with molecular endocrinology, as well as professionals in the field, it remains a comprehensive and authoritative work.