Metals and life / edited by Eleanor Crabb; Elaine Moore; Open University.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, U.K. : RSC Pub., c2010.Description: 226 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmISBN:- 9781849730617
- 9781849730594
- 612.015 CRA
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General Books | CUTN Central Library Medicine, Technology & Management | Non-fiction | 612.015 CRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 30313 |
Published in association with the Open University.
"Metals and life, and Concepts in transition metal chemistry, have been written as part of the Open University course S347 Metals and life, and are [also] designed to work as stand-alone textbooks"--Half-title verso.
Ligands with biological significance --
Metal uptake : increasing the solubility of iron --
Metal transport --
Metal storage --
Biomineralization --
The role of metal-containing proteins in biological processes --
Some key biological processes.
An introduction to the metals essential to life and ligands of biological importance including the uptake of metals, their transport and storage.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-215) and index.
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