Selenium : Its Molecular Biology and Role in Human Health /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. 2016. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. The machinery of selenoprotein biosynthesis
- 1 Selenocysteine tRNA[Ser]Sec: From nonsense suppressor tRNA to the quintessential constituent in selenoprotein biosynthesis
- 2 Eukaryotic mechanisms of selenocysteine translation and its reconstitution in vitro
- 3 Probing selenoprotein translation by ribosome profiling
- 4 Pathways in de novo biosynthesis of selenocysteine and cysteine in eukaryotes
- 5 Prokaryotic selenoprotein biosynthesis and function
- 6 The role of selenium in human evolution
- 7 The chemistry of selenocysteine in proteins
- 8 Evolution of selenophosphate synthetase
- 9 Structure and mechanism of selenocysteine synthases
- 10 Mechanism, structure, and biological role of selenocysteine lyase
- Part II. Selenoproteins, their occurrence and function
- 11 Eukaryotic selenoproteomes
- 12 Prokaryotic selenoproteins and selenoproteomes
- 13 Functional genomics of selenoproteins and Se-responsive pathways
- 14 Selenium regulation of the selenoprotein and non-selenoprotein transcriptomes in a variety of species
- 15 77Se NMR spectroscopy of selenoproteins
- 16 Thioredoxin reductase 1 as an anticancer drug target
- 17 Basics and news on glutathione peroxidases
- 18 Glutathione Peroxidase 4
- 19 The 15 kDa Selenoprotein: Insights into its regulation and function
- 20 Selenoprotein K and protein palmitoylation in regulating immune cell functions
- 21 Selenoprotein M: Structure, expression and functional relevance
- 22 Selenoprotein P and selenium distribution in mammals
- 23 Selenoprotein T: From discovery to functional studies using conditional knockout mice
- 24 Biochemistry and function of methionine sulfoxide reductase
- Part III. Dietary selenium and its impact on human health
- 25 Selenium: Dietary sources, human nutritional requirements and intake across populations
- 26 Human clinical trials involving selenium
- 27 Status of dietary selenium in cancer prevention
- 28 Selenium in HIV/AIDS
- 29 Genetic variations in the genes for selenoproteins implicate the encoded proteins in cancer etiology
- 30 Is adequate selenium important for healthy human pregnancy?
- 31 The epidemiology of selenium and human health
- 32 Sex-specific differences in biological effects and metabolism of selenium
- 33 Selenium and endocrine tissues
- 34 Selenium antagonism with mercury and arsenic: from chemistry to population health and demography
- 35 Biological selenium species and selenium speciation in biological samples
- 36 Selenoproteins in nervous system development, function and degeneration
- 37 Interplay of selenoproteins and different antioxidant systems in various cancers
- 38 Glutathione peroxidase 2, a selenoprotein exhibiting a dual personality in preventing and promoting cancer
- 39 Selenoproteins in cardiovascular redox pathology
- 40 What do we know about selenium contributions to muscle physiology?
- 41 Tissue-specific regulation of thyroid status by selenodeiodinases
- 42 The role of selenoproteins in resolution of inflammation
- 43 Glutathione peroxidase 4 and ferroptosis
- 44 Mutations in humans that adversely affect the selenoprotein synthesis pathway
- 45 Alteration of selenoprotein expression during stress and in aging
- Part V. Biological models for elucidating the role of selenium and selenoproteins in biology and medicine
- 46 Selenocysteine tRNA[Ser]Sec mouse models for elucidating roles of selenoproteins in health and development
- 47 Mouse models that target individual selenoproteins
- 48 The naked mole rat and selenium
- 49 Glutathione peroxidase 1: Models for diabetes and obesity
- 50 Selenium in livestock and other domestic animals.