Gravitational Biology I

Author : Markus Braun
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319938940
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gravitational Biology I written by Markus Braun and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes what is currently known about gravity sensing and response mechanisms in microorganisms, fungi, lower and higher plants; starting from the historical eye-opening experiments from the 19th century up to today’s extremely rapid advancing cellular, molecular and biotechnological research. All forms of life are constantly exposed to gravity and it can be assumed that almost all organisms have developed sensors and respond in one way or the other to the unidirectional acceleration force,this books shows us some of these different ways. The book is written for plant biologists and microbiologists as well as scientists interested in space and gravitational biology.

Author : Wolfgang Hanke
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030005968
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gravitational Biology II written by Wolfgang Hanke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Total Pages : 402 pages
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Download or read book Life Sciences and Space Research XXIV (1) written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. Oser
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
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Download or read book Life Sciences and Space Research XXIII. written by H. Oser and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gilles Clément
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387379401
Total Pages : 394 pages
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Download or read book Fundamentals of Space Biology written by Gilles Clément and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-28 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the effects of spaceflight at cellular and organism levels. Research on the effects of gravity - or its absence - and ionizing radiation on the evolution, development, and function of living organisms is presented in layman's terms. The book describes the benefits of space biology for basic and applied research to support human space exploration and the advantages of space as a laboratory for scientific, technological, and commercial research.

Author : Donat-Peter Häder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521820523
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gravity and the Behavior of Unicellular Organisms written by Donat-Peter Häder and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unicellular organisms use gravity as an environmental guide to reach and stay in regions optimal for their growth and reproduction. These single cells play a significant role in food webs and these factors together make the effects of gravity on unicellular organisms a fascinating and important subject for scientific study. In addition, they present valuable model systems for studying the mechanisms of gravity perception, a topic of increasing interest in these days of experimentation in space. This book reveals how single cells achieve the same sensoric capacity as multicellular organisms like plants or animals. It reviews the field, discussing the historical background, ecological significance and related physiology of unicellular organisms, as well as various experimental techniques and models with which to study them. Those working on the biology of unicellular organisms, as well as in related areas of gravitational and space science will find this book of value.

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Download or read book Principles of Gravitational Biology written by and published by . This book was released on 1970* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 193 pages
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Download or read book Space Life Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780080418438
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Download or read book Gravitational biology written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Moore
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642610994
Total Pages : 582 pages
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Download or read book Biological and Medical Research in Space written by David Moore and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Science studies in space were initially driven by the need to explore how man could survive spaceflight conditions; the effects of being launched un der high accelerations, exposed to weightlessness and radiation for different periods of time, and returned to Earth in safety. In order to substantiate the detailed knowledge of potentially adverse effects, many model experiments were launched using organisms which ranged from bacteria, plants, inverte brates, rodents and primates through to man. Although no immediate life threatening effects were found, these experiments can be considered today as the precursors to life science research in space. Many unexplained effects on these life forms were attributed to the condition of weightlessness. Most of them were poorly recorded, poorly published, or left simply with anecdotal information. Only with the advent of Skylab, and later Spacelab, did the idea emerge, and indeed the infrastructure permit, weightlessness to be considered as an ex tended tool for research into some fundamental mechanisms or processes as sociated with the effect of gravity on organisms at all levels. The initial hy pothesis to extrapolate from hypergravity through 1 x g to near 0 x g effects could no longer be retained, since many of the experiment results were seen to contradict the models or theories in the current textbooks of biology and physiology. The past decade has been dedicated primarily to exploratory research.