Description
Book Synopsis
Focuses on Biology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutic Applications
The study and diverse applications of bioactive peptides traverse many sub-disciplines within chemistry, biology, physics, and medicine. Answering a long-standing need, Bioactive Peptides focuses on the biology, pharmacology, and therapeutic applications of endogenous peptide mediators and their analogues. Moving peptide science beyond chemical synthesis strategies and into the realms of peptide biology and therapeutics, it presents the overall contribution that peptide science has made to molecular, cellular, and whole organism biology, while also discussing future targets and therapeutic applications.
Beneficial for Experts and Novices Alike
Part I provides details of bioactive peptides that interact with common drug targets and analyzes some of the most competitive areas
Trade Review
The book will be useful for researchers in protein chemistry and biochemistry, molecular biologists and physicians, and teachers and students of medical schools and universities specialized in proteomics. -G. Ya. Wiederschain, Doctor of Biological Sciences, in Biochemistry (Moscow)
Table of Contents
RECEPTOR LIGANDS. NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDES. HOST-DEFENSE PEPTIDES AND ANTIMICROBIALS. VENOM COMPONENTS AND TOXINS.
