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Essentials of Glycobiology, Second Edition

Edited By Ajit Varki, University of California, San Diego; Richard D. Cummings, Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta; Jeffrey D. Esko, University of California, San Diego; Hudson H. Freeze, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla; Pamela Stanley, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York; Carolyn R. Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley; Gerald W. Hart, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore; Marilynn E. Etzler, University of California, Davis

© 2009 • 784 pp., illus. glossary, study guide, index
Hardcover • $162.00 • ISBN 978-087969770-9

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Basic Methods in Protein Purification and Analysis: A Laboratory Manual

Edited By Richard J. Simpson, Joint ProteomicS Laboratory (JPSL) of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Peter D. Adams, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia; Erica A. Golemis, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia

© 2009 • 436 pp., illus., appendices, index
Paperback • $97 • ISBN 978-087969-867-6

Understanding how proteins function is an essential part of many biological research endeavors. The complexity and sheer number of proteins in a cell are impediments to identifying proteins of interest or purifying proteins for function and structure analysis. Thus, reducing the complexity of a protein sample or in some cases purifying a protein to homogeneity is necessary. The latest manual in the Basic Methods series contains a collection of convenient and easy to use protein purification protocols along with a sampling of dependable methods for assessing protein–protein interactions. The protocols are supported by background information to assist researchers in understanding how the purification methods work and how to optimize and troubleshoot the methods.

The collection of essential methods found in Basic Methods in Protein Purification and Analysis is mainly drawn from the popular manuals Proteins and Proteomics, Purifying Proteins for Proteomics, and Protein–Protein Interactions, 2nd Ed. In addition to protocols for purification using gel electrophoresis and column chromatography, this book contains tested methods for preparing cellular and subcellular extracts—a critical and often neglected step in successful protein purification. Rounding out the manual are methods for characterizing protein–protein interactions, an extensive appendix of essential methods for quantifying protein concentration, stabilizing and storing proteins, concentrating proteins, and immunoblotting. Finally, there is a new chapter on a method complementary to gel electrophoresis and chromatography: in silico analysis of genomic and proteomic databases.

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Basic Methods in Protein Purification and Analysis: A Laboratory Manual

Edited By Richard J. Simpson, Joint ProteomicS Laboratory (JPSL) of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Peter D. Adams, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia; Erica A. Golemis, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia

© 2009 • 436 pp., illus., appendices, index
Hardcover • $162.00 • ISBN 978-087969868-3

Understanding how proteins function is an essential part of many biological research endeavors. The complexity and sheer number of proteins in a cell are impediments to identifying proteins of interest or purifying proteins for function and structure analysis. Thus, reducing the complexity of a protein sample or in some cases purifying a protein to homogeneity is necessary. The latest manual in the Basic Methods series contains a collection of convenient and easy to use protein purification protocols along with a sampling of dependable methods for assessing protein–protein interactions. The protocols are supported by background information to assist researchers in understanding how the purification methods work and how to optimize and troubleshoot the methods.

The collection of essential methods found in Basic Methods in Protein Purification and Analysis is mainly drawn from the popular manuals Proteins and Proteomics, Purifying Proteins for Proteomics, and Protein–Protein Interactions, 2nd Ed. In addition to protocols for purification using gel electrophoresis and column chromatography, this book contains tested methods for preparing cellular and subcellular extracts—a critical and often neglected step in successful protein purification. Rounding out the manual are methods for characterizing protein–protein interactions, an extensive appendix of essential methods for quantifying protein concentration, stabilizing and storing proteins, concentrating proteins, and immunoblotting. Finally, there is a new chapter on a method complementary to gel electrophoresis and chromatography: in silico analysis of genomic and proteomic databases.

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The TGF-β Family
(Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 50)

Edited By Rik Derynck, University of California, San Francisco; Kohei Miyazono, University of Tokyo

© 2008 • 1,114 pp., illus., index
Hardcover • $135 $67.50 • ISBN 978-087969752-5

TGF-β is the prototype of a protein superfamily which, in humans, contains at least 35 members, including activins, inhibins, bone morphogenetic proteins, growth/differentiation factors, and Müllerian inhibiting substance. This monograph draws on the world’s leading laboratories to comprehensively cover all aspects of the biology of TGF-β and serve as a reference work for both specialists and researchers less familiar with the field.

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Single-Molecule Techniques: A Laboratory Manual

Edited By Paul R. Selvin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Taekjip Ha, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

© 2008 • 507 pp., illus., appendix, index
Paperback • $169.00 • ISBN 978-087969775-4

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Translational Control in Biology and Medicine
(Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 48)

Edited By Michael B. Mathews, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; John W.B. Hershey, University of California, Davis

© 2007 • 934 pp., illus., index
Hardcover • $139 $34.75 • ISBN 978-087969767-9

The new edition of this successful monograph has been both updated and broadened. Since the previous (second) edition was published in 2000, the structures of the bacterial and eukaryotic ribosomes have been published, advancing our basic understanding of translation and mechanisms involving protein and RNA regulators. In addition, as the title indicates, this edition has a new focus on the role of translational control in human development and disease. This book, with 30 chapters written by experts in the field, is essential reading for anyone interested in the process of translation, its regulation, and how its failure can be the cause of disease.

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Regulatory RNAs
(Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology LXXI)

Edited By Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York; David Stewart, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York

© 2006 • 574 pp., illus., indexes
(Hardcover edition includes online access; call for information and registration)
Hardcover • $310 $155.00 • ISBN 978-087969817-1

“Regulatory RNAs” was the theme of the 71st annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology, where scientists from around the world presented the latest advances in the biology of RNAs, including RNA interference, transcriptional and translational control, RNA editing, and the role of RNAs in biological circuits and epigenetic events. Investigators discussed the latest technologies aimed at large-scale characterization of RNAs, as well as the roles of small RNAs in development and cancer. This volume is a timely survey of this important new area of molecular biology.

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DNA Replication and Human Disease
(Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 47)

Edited By Melvin L. DePamphilis, National Institutes of Health

© 2006 • 814 pp., illus., appendices, index
Hardcover • $139 $34.75 • ISBN 978-087969766-2

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The Inside Story: DNA to RNA to Protein

Edited By Jan Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

© 2005 • 382 pp., illus., index
Paperback • $29 $14.50 • ISBN 978-087969750-1

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A Genetic Switch, Third Edition, Phage Lambda Revisited

By Mark Ptashne, Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Center, New York

© 2004 • 154 pp., illus., appendices, index
Paperback • $40.00 • ISBN 978-087969716-7

The first edition of Mark Ptashne's 1986 book describing the principles of gene regulation in phage lambda became a classic in both content and form, setting a standard of clarity and precise prose that has rarely been bettered. This edition is a reprint of the original text, together with a new chapter updating the story to 2004. Among the striking new developments are recent findings on long–range interactions between proteins bound to widely separated sites on the phage genome, and a detailed description of how gene activation works.