Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine.Vol.15

Preface.
Editor-in-Chief.

Editorial Board.

List of Contributors.

Color Plates.

Triplet Repeat Diseases ( Stephan J. Guyenet, Albert R. LaSpada ).

Two-photon Microscopy and Imaging ( Patrick Theer, Bernd Kuhn,Dorine Keusters, Winfried Denk ).

Ubiquitin-Proteasome System for Controlling Cellular ProteinLevels ( Michael H. Glickman, Aaron Ciechanover ).

Vaccination, Genetic ( Joerg Reimann, Martin Schleef ,Reinhold Schirmbeck ).

Vaccine Approaches for Protection Against HIV ( Stephen M.Smith, Mahender Singh, Kuan-Teh Jeang ).

Vaccine Research and Development Methodology ( Jens-PeterGregersen ).

Variation and Conservation of the Development of Animal Bodies:Evolutionary Developmental Biology ( Francoise Mazet, SebastianM. Shimeld ).

Vascular Development and Angiogenesis ( M. LuisaIruela-Arispe ).

Vectors and Gene Therapy ( Edward A. Burton, David J. Fink,Joseph C. Glorioso ).

Vector System: Plasmid DNA ( Rajkumar Banerjee, LeafHuang ).

Vector Targeting in Gene Therapy ( Yosuke Kawakami, David T.Curiel ).

Vertebrate Mitochondrial DNA ( Max Ingman, UlfGyllensten ).

Viral Inhibitors and Immune Response Mediators: The Interferons( Anthony Meager ).

Virus-Cell Interactions ( Andrew J. Mouland, Nikolaus Heveker,Anne Gatignol ).

Virus-free Gene Transfer Systems in Somatic Gene Therapy( Oliver Kayser, Albrecht F. Kiderlen ).

Vitamin Receptors ( Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti ).

Vitamins, Structure and Function of ( Donald B.McCormick ).

Whole Genome Human Chromosome Physical Mapping ( Cassandra L.Smith, Giang H. Nguyen, Denan Wang, Nickolaev Bukanov ).

Xenotransplantation in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology ( GregoryJ. Brunn, Jeffrey L. Platt ).

Zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) Genome and Genetics ( RalfDahm, Robert Geisler, ChristianeNüsslein-Volhard ).

Glossary of Basic Terms.

The Twenty Amino Acids that are Combined to Form Proteins inLiving Things.

The Twenty Amino Acids with Abbreviations and Messenger RNA

Robert A. Meyers earned his Ph.D in organic chemistry from the University of California Los Angeles, was a post-doctoral fellow at California Institute of Technology and manager of chemical processes for TRW Inc. He has published in
Science , written or edited 12 scientific books and his research has been reviewed in the
New York Times , and the
Wall Street Journal . He is one of the most prolific science editors in the world having originated, organized and served as Editor-in-Chief of three of the
Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology , the
Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry and two editions of the present
Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and
Molecular Medicine .