Biotechnology

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Newnes, 16.05.2015 - 850 Seiten

Biotechnology, Second Edition approaches modern biotechnology from a molecular basis, which has grown out of increasing biochemical understanding of genetics and physiology. Using straightforward, less-technical jargon, Clark and Pazdernik introduce each chapter with basic concepts that develop into more specific and detailed applications. This up-to-date text covers a wide realm of topics including forensics, bioethics, and nanobiotechnology using colorful illustrations and concise applications. In addition, the book integrates recent, relevant primary research articles for each chapter, which are presented on an accompanying website. The articles demonstrate key concepts or applications of the concepts presented in the chapter, which allows the reader to see how the foundational knowledge in this textbook bridges into primary research. This book helps readers understand what molecular biotechnology actually is as a scientific discipline, how research in this area is conducted, and how this technology may impact the future.

  • Up-to-date text focuses on modern biotechnology with a molecular foundation
  • Includes clear, color illustrations of key topics and concept
  • Features clearly written without overly technical jargon or complicated examples
  • Provides a comprehensive supplements package with an easy-to-use study guide, full primary research articles that demonstrate how research is conducted, and instructor-only resources
 

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PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Basics of Biotechnology
Chapter 2 DNA RNA and Protein
Chapter 3 Recombinant DNA Technology
Chapter 4 DNA Synthesis In Vivo and In Vitro
Chapter 5 RNABased Technologies
Chapter 13 Synthetic Biology
Chapter14 From Cell Phones to Cyborgs
Chapter 15 Transgenic Plants and Plant Biotechnology
Chapter 16 Transgenic Animals
Chapter 17 Inherited Defects and Gene Therapy
Chapter 18 Cloning and Stem Cells
Chapter 19 Cancer
Chapter 20 Aging and Apoptosis

Chapter 6 Immune Technology
Chapter 7 Nanobiotechnology
Chapter 8 Genomics and Gene Expression
Chapter 9 Proteomics
Chapter 10 Recombinant Proteins
Chapter 11 Protein Engineering
Chapter 12 Environmental Biotechnology
Chapter 21 Viral and Prion Infections
Infectious Disease and Bioterrorism
Chapter 23 Forensic Molecular Biology
Chapter 24 Bioethics in Biotechnology
GLOSSARY
INDEX
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Autoren-Profil (2015)

David P. Clark did his graduate work on bacterial antibiotic resistance to earn his Ph.D. from Bristol University, England. He later crossed the Atlantic to work as a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University and then the University of Illinois. Dr Clark recently retired from teaching Molecular Biology and Bacterial Physiology at Southern Illinois University which he joined in 1981. His research into the Regulation of Alcohol Fermentation in E. coli was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, from 1982 till 2007. In 1991 he received a Royal Society Guest Research Fellowship to work at Sheffield University, England while on sabbatical leave.

Nanette J. Pazdernik has devoted her career to the understanding of molecular biology and biotechnology, and then disseminating that knowledge by writing and teaching. She is a co-author of Biotechnology, 2nd edition and Molecular Biology, 3rd edition, with Dr. David P. Clark and Dr. Michelle McGehee. Both the second and third edition of Molecular Biology won a Texty award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. She has taught courses in General Biology, Genetics, as well as Anatomy and Physiology at Southwestern Illinois College, McKendree University, and Harris-Stowe University. She received her BA in Biology from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and her PhD in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics from the University of Minnesota. Her doctoral thesis studied protein structure-function relationships. Following her degrees, she investigated the signal transduction pathways that control apoptosis and immunity at Indiana University School of Medicine. In a second post-doctoral position, she studied the various molecules that maintain the stem cell niche in the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Currently, Dr. Pazdernik works in the biotech industry as a scientific writer.

Bibliografische Informationen

TitelBiotechnology
AutorenDavid P. Clark, Nanette J. Pazdernik
Ausgabe2
VerlagNewnes, 2015
ISBN0123850169, 9780123850164
Länge850 Seiten
  
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