Published December, 2011
By Peter Meyer
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In recent years several different gene silencing phenomena have been discovered in plants. By providing a comparative update on gene silencing effects in different eukaryotes, this book should stimulate communication among scientists working in diverse areas of eukaryotic gene regulation.

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Published December, 2011
By Volker Ter Meulen, Martin A. Billeter, Martin Bach, Lina Martins and Martin F. Bach
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Measles, also called the greatest killer of children in history, still annually affects about 50 million individuals and causes close to a million deaths primarily in developing countries.

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Published December, 2011
By Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Marian R. Neutra and J.-P. Kraehenbuhl
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Mucosal immunity encompasses a broad field of research that includes areas of epithelial cell and molecular biology, molecular and cellular immunology, microbiology, virology, and vaccinology. It provides an overview of the components of the mucosal immune system, and the basic science relevant to mucosal vaccination.

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Published December, 2011
By Michael B. A. Oldstone, Michael B.A. Oldstone and Michael Oldstone
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This volume focuses on the evidence for or against molecular mimicry as a cause of autoimmunity.

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Published December, 2011
By H. Koprowski, P. Koldovsky, W. Arber, R. Haas, E. Wecker, W. Henle, P. H. Hofschneider, N. K. Jerne, O. Maaløe, R. Rott, H. G. Schweiger, M. Sela, P. K. Vogt, L. Syru?ek and O. Maaloe
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At the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, the prob lems of immunity in lower vertebrates and the influence of environmental temperature attracted attention for the first time (ERNST, 1890;

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Published December, 2011
By P.H. Hofschneider and W. Goebel
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Published December, 2011
By Steinunn Baekkeskov and Bruno Hansen
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The first volume, CTMI 156, (see page VI for contents) provided data on the animal models and experimental approaches currently employed to evaluate both the autoimmune and virologic factors contributing to the causation and patho genesis of diabetes.

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Published December, 2011
By H. Koprowski, P. Koldovsky, W. Arber, R. Haas, E. Wecker, W. Henle, P. H. Hofschneider, N. K. Jerne, O. Maaløe, R. Rott, H. G. Schweiger, M. Sela, P. K. Vogt, L. Syru?ek and O. Maaloe
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General aspects of nucleic acid uptake by mammalian cells have been the subject of several reviews during the last few years (PAGANO, 1970;

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Published December, 2011
By H. Koprowski, F. Melchers, P. Koldovsky, W. Arber, R. Haas, W. Henle, W. Braun, J. Klein, P. H. Hofschneider, N. K. Jerne, O. Maaløe, R. Rott, H. G. Schweiger, P. K. Vogt, L. Syru?ek, J. H. Humphrey, F. Cramer and O. Maaloe
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First, a variety of genetic and protein structural evidence suggests that two discrete genes - both a variable region gene and a constant region gene - specify each heavy chain and each light chain.

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Published December, 2011
By R. Jaenisch and T. Graf
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