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Author Abelson, Philip Hauge, 1913-2004

Title Biotechnology and Biological Frontiers
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (535 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; I Biotechnology; Biotechnology: An Overview; 1. Rabies Virus Glycoprotein Analogs: Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli; 2. Secretion of Human Interferons by Yeast; 3. Multiple Point Mutations Affecting the Simian Virus 40 Enhancer; 4. Human Insulin from Recombinant DNA Technology; 5. Monoclonal Antibodies for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Humans; 6. Immunotoxins: A New Approach to Cancer Therapy; 7. Protein Sequence Analysis: Automated Microsequencing; 8. Antibodies That React with Predetermined Sites on Proteins; 9. Protein Engineering
10. Prospects in Plant Genetic Engineering11. Isolation of Agronomically Useful Mutants from Plant Cell Cultures; 12. Genetic Transfer in Plants Through Interspecific Protoplast Fusion; 13. Contributions of Conventional Plant Breeding to Food Production; 14. Biotechnology of Forest Yield; 15. Genetic Manipulation of Antibiotic-Producing Microorganisms; 16. New Applications of Microbial Products; 17. Bacterial, Viral, and Fungal Insecticides; 18. Immobilized Enzymes and Cells as Practical Catalysts; 19. Bioreactors: Design and Operation; 20. Production of Feedstock Chemicals
21. Single-Cell ProteinsII Biological Frontiers; Biological Frontiers; 22. Monoclonal Antibodies Reveal the Structural Basis of Antibody Diversity; 23. Genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Mouse and Man; 24. Studying Promoters and Terminators by Gene Fusion; 25. Transcription of Cl1ass III Genes: Formation of Preinitiation Complexes; 26. BK Viral Enhancer Element and a Human Cellular Homolog; 27. Duplication of an Insertion Sequence During Transpositional Recombination; 28. Translocations Among Antibody Genes in Human Cancer; 29. Cellular Oncogenes and Multistep Carcinogenesis
30. Yeast RNA Polymerase II Genes: Isolation with Antibody Probes31. Directed Mutagenesis of Dihydrofolate Reductase; 32. Surface Molecules Identify Groups of Growing Axons; 33. Modulation of Synapse Formation by Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; 34. In situ Hybridization to Study the Origin and Fate of Identified Neurons; 35. Metallothionein-Human GH Fusion Genes Stimulate Growth of Mice; 36. Introduction of Genetic Material into Plant Cells; About the Authors; Index; Color Plates
Summary Split into two sections, Part I of this volume from Science is devoted to a broad sampling of the status of a revolution in applied biology. The emphasis of Part II in this volume is fundamental research rather than techniques or practical applications
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Subject Biology -- Research.
Biotechnology.
Bioengineering.
bioengineering.
Bioengineering
Biology -- Research
Biotechnology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429705915
0429705913