The ABCs of gene cloning [electronic resource] / Dominic W.S. Wong

Author:: Wong, Dominic W. S.
Published:: New York, NY : Springer, [2006]
Copyright Date:: ©2006
Edition:: 2nd ed.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xv, 242 pages) : illustrations

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introductory concepts -- 2.Structures of nucleic acids -- 3.Structures of proteins -- 4.The genetic process -- 5.Organization of genes -- 6.Reading the nucleotide sequence of a gene -- 7.Enzymes used in cloning -- 8.Techniques used in cloning -- 9.Cloning vectors for introducing genes into host cells -- 10.Transformation -- 11.Isolating genes for cloning -- 12.Improving tomato quality by antisense RNA -- 13.Transgenic crops engineered with insecticidal activity -- 14.Transgenic crops conferred with herbicide resistance -- 15.Growth enhancement in transgenic fish -- 16.Microbial production of recombinant human insulin -- 17.Finding disease-causing genes -- 18.Human gene therapy -- 19.Gene targeting -- 20.DNA typing -- 21.Transpharmers - bioreactors for pharmaceutical products -- 22.Animal cloning.

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ISBN:

9780387286631
0387286632
0387286799 (electronic)
9780387286792 (electronic)
6611335161
9786611335168

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-225) and index.

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