Author: United States. Central Intelligence AgencyPublisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781574886412
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
By intelligence officials for intelligent people
The World Factbook 2003
Author: United States. Central Intelligence AgencyPublisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781574886412
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
By intelligence officials for intelligent people
The Blood Group Antigen FactsBook
Author: Marion E. ReidPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0124158498
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
The Blood Group Antigen FactsBook has been an essential resource in the hematology, transfusion and immunogenetics fields since its first publication in the late 1990s.The third edition of The Blood Group Antigen FactsBook has been completely revised, updated and expanded to cover all 32 blood group systems. It blends scientific background and clinical applications and provides busy researchers and clinicians with at-a-glance information on over 330 blood group antigens, including history and information on terminology, expression, chromosomal assignment, carrier molecular description, functions, molecular bases of antigens and phenotypes, effect of enzymes/chemicals, clinical significance, disease associations and key references. Includes over 330 entries on blood group antigens in individual factsheetsOffers a logical and concise catalogue structure for each antigen in an improved interior design for quick reference. Written by 3 international experts from the field of immunohematology and transfusion medicine.
Magic Tree House Incredible Fact Book
Author: Mary Pope OsbornePublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0399551344
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Jack and Annie’s biggest, most exciting book of facts is their greatest adventure outside the tree house! Jack and Annie have been all over the world in their adventures in the magic tree house. And they’ve learned lots of incredible facts along the way. Now they want to share them with you! Get ready for a collection of the coolest, weirdest, funniest, grossest, most all-around amazing facts Jack and Annie have ever encountered. With full-color photographs and fun comments from Jack and Annie, this is the essential fact book for all Magic Tree House fans.
The T Cell Receptor FactsBook
Author: Marie-Paule LefrancPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080542646
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
The T Cell Receptor FactsBook contains entries on all the 176 functional variable, diversity, joining, and constant regions of the human T cell receptor, including alpha, beta, gamma, and delta loci. Introductory chapters summarize information of T cell receptor chain synthesis, chromosomal location, and an overview of the human T cell receptor loci.
Ion Channel Factsbook
Author: Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0080535194
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
How do you keep track of basic information on the proteins you work with? Where do you find details of their physicochemical properties, sequence information, gene organization? Are you tired of scanning review articles, primary papers and databases to locate that elusive fact? The Academic Press FactsBook series will satisfy scientists and clinical researchers suffering from information overload. Each volume provides a catalogue of the essential properties of families of molecules. Gene organization, sequence information, physicochemical properties, and biological activity are presented using a common, easy to follow format. Taken together they compile everything you wanted to know about proteins but were too busy to look for.In a set of four inter-related volumes, The Ion Channel FactsBook provides a comprehensive framework of facts about channel molecules central to electrical signalling phenomena in living cells. The first volume is devoted to Extracellular Ligand-Gated Integral Receptor-Channel Families including those molecular complexes activated by: 5-Hydroxytryptamine, ATP, Glutamate, Acetylcholine, GABA, Glycine. - Nomenclature - Expression - Sequence analyses - Structure and function - Electrophysiology - Pharmacology - Information retrieval
The Complement FactsBook
Author: Bernard J. MorleyPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The complement system is a protein system that combines with antibodies to form a defense against bugs and viruses. This book contains entries on all its components, including C1q and lectins, serine proteases, and terminal pathway proteins.
Factsbook Set
Author: Elsevier Science & Technology BooksPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 9780122475450
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Included in the FactsBook set are the following volumes: The G-Protein Linked Receptor FactsBook; The Ion Channel FactsBook, Extracellular Ligand-Ga; The Adhesion Molecule FactsBook; and The Protein Kinase FactsBook, Tyrosine Kinases, volumes 1 & 2. The Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology is also included in the set. Covering 124 fields of science, this is the most comprehensive, authoritative dictionary of science available.
The Nuclear Receptor FactsBook
Author: Vincent LaudetPublisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
ISBN: 9780124377356
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The FactsBook Series has established itself as the best source of easily accessible and accurate facts about protein groups. They use an easy-to-follow format and are researched and compiled by experts in the field. This Factsbook is devoted to nuclear receptors. The first section presents an introduction and describes the mode of action of the receptors in general. The second section of the book contains detailed entries covering each type of receptor. Entries provide information on: Nomenclature and structure, Isolation, DNA binding properties, Ligands, Expression, Target genes, Knockouts, Disease association, Gene structure, promoter and isoforms, Chromosomal location, Amino acid sequences, Key references
Magic Tree House Fact & Fiction: Ghosts
Author: Mary Pope OsbornePublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0553521578
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Read the adventure and track the facts—it's two great ebooks in one! Join Jack and Annie as they travel to New Orleans in 1915 on the eve of All Saints’ Day in Magic Tree House® #42: A Good Night for Ghosts. Then uncover the facts behind the fiction in Magic Tree House® Fact Tracker: Ghosts. It’s two favorite ebooks in one! Find out why Mary Pope Osborne’s #1 New York Times bestselling series is such a hit with kids, parents, and teachers around the world.
The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book
Author: Chuck NorrisPublisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414334494
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
For the first time, Norris gives readers not only his favorite "facts about himself, but also the stories behind the facts and the code by which he lives his life.