Nanomaterials in Plants, Algae and Microorganisms: Concepts and Controversies: Volume One discusses the vast amount of nanomaterials that have been released into the environment in a relatively short amount of time. There is a need to understand what the implications to the health of our biota and ecosystems are as the earth is increasingly inundated with these materials. Not all of the effects are negative, but their impacts are increasing exponentially due to their size, quantity and other factors.

• Covers the issues of nanoparticles on more simple organisms and...

Protein Modificomics: From Modification to Clinical Applications comprehensively deals with all of the most recent aspects of post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins including diseases involving PTM's, plant PTM's, role of therapeutic strategies and other topics such as translational proteomics.

PTMs make the major backbone of several key biological processes. It has been known that many proteins often undergo unwanted modifications leading to the disruption of proteostasis and ultimately gain in disease etiology. These diseases include Alzheimer's, Huntington's,...

Proteostasis is central to the development of various human diseases caused due to excessive protein misfolding and the disregulation of the protein quality control system.