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This book covers vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF or VEGFA), a secreted signaling protein. It highlights the central importance of this growth factor for vertebrate development.

The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases occupy a special position in molecular biology, the point in gene expression at which the genetic code is first defined. Francis Crick, in his inimitable fashion, foresaw in his prescient Adaptor Hypothesis the need for such a family of enzymes to provide an interface between nucleic acids and amino acids, long before even the basic tenets of protein synthesis had been established.

The characteristics of any organism are determined by how its genes are expressed in a process called transcription. RNA polymerase III is the largest and most complex of the enzymes responsible for transcription. This book describes what is currently known about how this enzyme works and how its activity is controlled at the molecular level.

Hedgehog-GLI Signaling in Human Disease represents the first compilation of up-to-date reviews by top-level scientists in this important field of research. The chapters cover a wide spectrum of related interests, from the molecular bases of morphogen function, to human genetics to cancer research.

This first edition book integrates knowledge from all disciplines that study muscle function, from single molecule biophysics to flight aerodynamics. Nature’s Versatile Engine, is an expose of up-to-date advances in muscle research from the molecular to the organismal, covering all levels of biological organization.

The different aspects of muscle development are considered from cellular, molecular and genetic viewpoints, and the text is supported by black/white and color illustrations. The book will appeal to those studying muscle development and muscle biology in any organism.

Power Laws, Scale-free Networks and Genome Biology deals with crucial aspects of the theoretical foundations of systems biology, namely power law distributions and scale-free networks which have emerged as the hallmarks of biological organization in the post-genomic era.