Overview
- Provides a history of vitamin A research from earliest knowledge to the present
- Provides up-to-date descriptions of all aspects of vitamin A uptake, transport and utilization in mammalian systems
- Provides an overview of vitamin A related molecules and processes that have recently been shown to be present in non-mammalian and invertebrate systems
- Provides an overview of the role of vitamin A in vision
Part of the book series: Subcellular Biochemistry (SCBI, volume 81)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In view of the recent information explosion in this field, it is timely to publish a contemporary, comprehensive, book series recapitulating the most exciting developments in the field and covering fundamental research in molecular mechanisms of vitamin A action, its role in physiology, development, and continued well-being, and the potential of vitamin A derivatives and synthetic mimetics to serve as therapeutic treatments for cancers and other debilitating human diseases.
Volume II is divided into nine chapters contributed by prominent experts in their respective fields. Each chapter starts with the history of the area of research. Then, the key findings that contributed to development of the field are described, followed by a detailed look at key findings and progress that are being made in current, ongoing research. Each chapter is concluded with a discussion of the relevance of the research and a perspective on missing pieces and lingering gaps that the author recommends will be important in defining future directions in vitamin A research.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Biochemistry of Retinoid Signaling II
Book Subtitle: The Physiology of Vitamin A - Uptake, Transport, Metabolism and Signaling
Editors: Mary Ann Asson-Batres, Cecile Rochette-Egly
Series Title: Subcellular Biochemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0945-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0943-7Published: 17 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1444-8Published: 24 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-0945-1Published: 09 November 2016
Series ISSN: 0306-0225
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8810
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 263
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gene Expression, Animal Biochemistry, Protein Science, Nutrition, Plant Biochemistry, Systems Biology