Overview
- Presents basic principles of gravity perception
- Provides solid knowledge on diverse cellular functions in view of gravity
- Discusses mechanisms for animal and plant cells
- Written for biomedical and medical students and researchers alike
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences (BRIEFSSLS)
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About this book
This volume of the series Space Life Sciences provides insights into the latest findings of gravity research and the effect of gravity on biological systems, specifically on a cellular and molecular level. It starts by explaining the underlying physics of gravity and presenting some novel ideas on the basic principles of gravity perception. It then goes on to discuss how, in response to gravity perception, secondary messengers such as calcium and hydrogen peroxide, might control responses further downstream, like gene and protein expression and modulation. Further, it describes the consequences for animal and plant cells as well as for metabolism.
Written by experts in the field, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers in biochemistry, medicine and biomedicine, wanting to gain a solid understanding of membrane biology, secondary messenger function and gene and protein expression, specifically in the context of gravity.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Florian P.M. Kohn is Research Scientists at the Department of Membrane Physiology, Institute of Physiology at the University of Hohenheim in Tuebingen, Germany.
The Department of Membrane Physiology in Hohenheim is working on the behaviour of neuronal cells and tissues under diverse conditions, specifically on the influence of gravitation on neuronal systems.
Prof.Dr. Rüdiger Hampp is Head of the Department of Physiological Ecology of Plants, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Dr. Maren Neef is Research Scientist at the Department of Physiological Ecology of Plants, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
The Department of Physiological Ecology of Plants is studying plant cellular functions and responses to environmental stimuli and the interaction of complex molecular networks, specifically in response to gravity.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gravitational Biology II
Book Subtitle: Interaction of Gravity with Cellular Components and Cell Metabolism
Authors: Wolfgang Hanke, Florian P.M. Kohn, Maren Neef, Rüdiger Hampp
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00596-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00595-5Published: 14 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00596-2Published: 30 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2196-5560
Series E-ISSN: 2196-5579
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 94
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Physiology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Membrane Biology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Plant Sciences, Neurosciences