Redox signaling and regulation in biology and medicine [electronic resource] / edited by Claus Jacob and Paul G. Winyard.

This first entry-level guide to the multifaceted field takes readers one step further than existing textbooks. In an easily accessible manner, the authors integrate the biochemistry, cell biology and medical implications of intracellular redox processes, demonstrating that complex science can be pre...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Wiley)
Other Authors: Jacob, Claus, Winyard, Paul G., 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, ©2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Redox Signaling and Regulation in Biology and Medicine; Contents; Preface; The Editors; List of Authors; 1 Introduction; 2 Biological Systems Relevant for Redox Signaling and Control; 3 Cellular Generation of Oxidants: Relation to Oxidative Stress; 4 The Chemical Basis of Biological Redox Control; 5 Protein Glutathiolation; 6 Structure and Function of the Human Peroxiredoxin-Based Antioxidant System: the Interplay between Peroxiredoxins, Thioredoxins, Thioredoxin Reductases, Sulfiredoxins and Sestrins; 7 Hydrogen Peroxide and Cysteine Protein Signaling Pathways.