Molecular Biology of Cardiac Development and Growth

ISBN-13: 9783662221945 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 273 str.

Paul J. R. Barton; Kenneth R. Boheler; Nigel J. Brand

Opis

This is the only book to specifically combine basic information on molecular biology with current thinking in cardiac development. The authors clearly illustrate that molecular biology has already provided a wealth of new approaches to the investigation of cellular processes at the molecular level and is now making a significant contribution to the understanding of the role played by such mechanisms in cardiac development. Furthermore, it is shown that this rapidly-expanding field provides an insight into the molecular events underlying cardiac malformation and disease.

Spis treści

1. Basic Concepts in Molecular Biology.- 2. Cardiac Development.- 3. Contractile Protein Genes and Cardiac Muscle Development.- 4. Regulators of Muscle Gene Expression.- 5. Gene Expression in Cardiac Hypertrophy.- 6. Molecular Basis of Genetic Disorders of the Heart.