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Some 30,000 entries in this dictionary offer brief definitions of terms commonly used in biotechnology, molecular biology, and biomedicine. Entries provide information on the chemical structures and molecular weights of drugs, antibiotics, and biochemically important compounds, listing corresponding generic names for trade names of drugs and cross-references to chemical structure. The dictionary will be useful for molecular biologists, biochemists, cell biologists, medical doctors, and pharmaceutic chemists. This second edition contains 100 new illustrations of chemical structures, many new terms, and some 3,000 additional abbreviations. The author is professor emeritus of biology at the State University of New York College at Potsdam.Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Rapid advances in science, medicine, and molecular biology have created a large amount of new information on biomedicine and molecular biology. Keeping up with the latest information can become a cumbersome task for professionals and students working in these fields. Updated to include new terminology and accurate characterizations of previously existing terms, the Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, Second Edition provides easy access to the most commonly used drugs, antibiotics, and bio-chemically important compounds. Containing over 30,000 entries, the second edition of this dictionary provides concise, up-to-date definitions of terms commonly used in biotechnology, molecular biology, and biomedicine. Included in this second edition are over 23,000 definitions, 4,000 chemical structures, 1,200 equations of enzymatic reactions, and approximately 600 restriction endonucleases with explanations of their specific activities. Here is what's new in the second edition:oOver 100 new illustrations of chemical structures oA number of newly collected terms oMore than 3000 additional abbreviations commonly used in biomedicine, chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biologyThis updated edition integrates terminology and chemical structures from a variety of disciplines in a single, easy-to-use source. From defining existing terms to accounting for new developments, the Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, Second Edition helps you stay abreast of the current advances in biomedicine and molecular biology.

Book Info
State Univ. of New York College at Potsdam. Provides chemical structures and molecular weights of commonly used chemicals, drugs, antibiotics, naturally occurring compounds, products of DNA recombinant technology, and substances of environmental concern. Consists of more than 30,000 entries. Previous edition: c1996.

Listed in alphabetical order, each entry includes:

Clear and concise definition of terms related to molecular biology and biomedicine
Atomic weights and valences of chemical elements
Molecular weights and chemical structures of the most commonly used chemicals, antibiotics, drugs and naturally occurring compounds
Corresponding generic name for each trade name of drugs, cross-referencing them with their chemical structure
Specific activities and origins of restriction endonucleases commonly used in recombinant DNA technology
Commonly used medical and molecular abbreviations