Genetic Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Agrobacterium-Mediated Horizontal Gene Transfer

   • Clarence I. Kado

   Pages 1-24

3. Computer-Assisted Methods for the Identification and Characterization of Polymerase II Promoters

   • Ingmar Reuter, Thomas Werner, Edgar Wingender

   Pages 25-40

4. Retroviral cDNA Integration: Mechanism, Applications and Inhibition

   • Mark S. T. Hansen, Sandrine Carteau, Christopher Hoffmann, Ling Li, Frederic Bushman

   Pages 41-61

5. The Signal Transduction of Motion and Antigen Recognition: Factors Affecting T Cell Function and Differentiation

   • Stephen C. Bunnell, Leslie J. Berg

   Pages 63-110

6. Synthetic DNA Arrays

   • Alan Blanchard

   Pages 111-123

7. Detection of Single Nucleotide Variations

   • Pui-Yan Kwok, Xiangning Chen

   Pages 125-134

8. Antisense: A Key Tool for Cell and Developmental Studies in Dictyostelium

   • Richard H. Gomer

   Pages 135-141

9. Antisense in Abundance: The Ribosome as a Vehicle for Antisense RNA

   • Rosemary Sweeney, Qichang Fan, Meng-Chao Yao

   Pages 143-151

10. Salinity Tolerance — Mechanisms, Models and the Metabolic Engineering of Complex Traits

    • Donald E. Nelson, Bo Shen, Hans J. Bohnert

    Pages 153-176

11. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Regulation of Starch Synthesis

    • Jack Preiss, Mirta N. Sivak

    Pages 177-223

12. Genetic Engineering and the Expression of Foreign Peptides or Proteins with Plant Virus-Based Vectors

    • Christophe Lacomme, Lisa Smolenska, T. Michael A. Wilson

    Pages 225-237

13. Cloning and Expression of Large Mammalian cDNAs: Lessons from ATM

    • Yosef Shiloh, Anat Bar-Shira, Yaron Galanty, Yael Ziv

    Pages 239-248

14. The use of Genetically Engineered Cells in Drug Discovery

    • Gerhard Loeber, Renate Schnitzer

    Pages 249-266

15. Molecular Engineering of Monoterpene Production

    • Christian D. Haudenschild, Rodney B. Croteau

    Pages 267-280

16. Back Matter

    Pages 281-292

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• DNA
• Nucleotide
• Promoter
• biochemistry
• cloning
• gene transfer
• genes
• genetic engineering
• signal transduction

From a review of an earlier volume:
`Excellent....a very important and useful book for all biotechnologists.'
Cellular and Molecular Biology

• Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, USA

  Jane K. Setlow

Jane K. Setlow, PhD. has championed the field of genetics for over 30 years, agreeing to edit Genetic Engineering: Principles & Methods since its inception in 1979. An internationally recognized scientist with numerous publications, Dr. Setlow is the former Chairperson of the NIH Recombinant DNA Molecule Advisory Committee (RAC). Her lab can found at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York.

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