The metabolism and functions of inositol phosphates impinge on various branches of biochemistry, physiology, and molecular biology, and methodological information is in consequence scattered far and wide. This book unites a selection of the most fundamental and commonly used techniques from leading international signal transduction laboratories, and brings together many valuable protocols for purifying and assaying inositides and related compounds. A novel feature is a catalogue of non-commercial sources of synthetic inositide analogues.
Author Biography
Dr Stephen B. Shears, Inositol Lipid Section, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, PO Box 12233 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA. Tel: 001 919 541 0793. Fax: 001 919 541 0559. Email: shears@niehs.nih.gov
