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The ABCs of gene cloning /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wong, Dominic W. S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer, [2006]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Molecular cloning.
Cloning, Molecular.
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory concepts
  • Structures of nucleic acids
  • Structures of proteins
  • The genetic process
  • Organization of genes
  • Reading the nucleotide sequence of a gene
  • Enzymes used in cloning
  • Techniques used in cloning
  • Cloning vectors for introducing genes into host cells
  • Transformation
  • Isolating genes for cloning
  • Improving tomato quality by antisense RNA
  • Trangenic crops engineered with insecticidal activity
  • Transgenic crops conferred with herbicide resistance
  • Growth enhancement in transgenic fish
  • Microbial production of recombinant human insulin
  • Finding disease-causing genes
  • Human gene therapy
  • Gene targeting
  • DNA typing
  • Transpharmers - bioreactors for pharmaceutical products
  • Animal cloning
  • Human gene sequencing