Metals and Life

Name: Metals and Life
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ISBN: 9781849730594

ISBN-10: 1849730598

ISBN-13: 9781849730594

Edition: 2010

Authors: Eleanor Crabb, E. A. Moore, Lesley E. Smart, Paul H. Walton, Rob Janes

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The book covers how organisms acquire metals, their transport and storage, illustrated by such diverse examples as iron in the human body, and structures such as shells and teeth. The volume contains In-text questions with answers, full colour diagrams and revision exercises on an associated website www.rsc.org/metalsandlife.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, The
Publication date: 11/23/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 8.27" wide x 10.35" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

E. A. Vander Veer has authored or edited more than a dozen books to date, including PowerPoint 2007: The Missing Manual and PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual. Her work has appeared in dozens of on-and offline publications, including Byte, The Writer, Salon.com, and CNN.com. Currently, she lives in Texas with her husband and daughter.



Introduction


Ligands and biological significance


Metal uptake - increasing the solubility of iron


Metal transport


Metal storage


Biomineralisation


The role of metal-containing proteins in biological processes


Some key biological processes


Additional online material: Metals in medicine