TY  - BOOK
TI  - An Introduction to Biotechnology: The Science, Technology and Medical Applications
SN  - 9789351073161
U1  - 660.6 1st
PY  - 0000///152014///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Academic Press
N1  - List of Figures
; List of Tables
; Preface
; About the Author
; Chapter 1: Membranes
Abstract
1.1 Membrane Lipids
1.2 Cholesterol
1.3 Membrane Proteins
Questions; Chapter 2: Proteins
Abstract
2.1 Amino Acids
2.2 Protein Structure
2.3 The Hydrophobic Effect
2.4 A Return to Membranes
Questions
; Chapter 3: Cellular Transport
Abstract
3.1 Membrane Transporters
3.2 Vesicular Transporters: Endocytosis
3.3 Receptor Fates
3.4 Lysosomes Are for Degradation, But Are They Safe?
Questions
; Chapter 4: Genes: The Blueprints for Proteins
Abstract
4.1 Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
4.2 From Genes to Proteins
Questions
; Chapter 5: Cell Growth
Abstract
5.1 The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
5.2 Growth Curves and Their Phases
5.3 Mathematics of the Growth Curve
5.4 Counting Cell Numbers
5.5 Counting Cell Mass
5.6 Scale-Up
Questions
; Chapter 6: Microbial Killing
Abstract
6.1 The Gram Stain
6.2 Microbial Resistance to Killing
6.3 Sterilization, Disinfection, and Sanitization
6.4 Microbial Cell Death
Questions
; Chapter 7: Cell Culture and the Eukaryotic Cells Used in Biotechnology
Abstract
7.1 Adherent Cells Versus Nonadherent Cells
7.2 Primary Cells, Cancer Cells, and Cell Lines
Questions
; Chapter 8: Fluorescence
Abstract
8.1 Stokes’ Experiments
8.2 Fluorophore Properties
8.3 Fluorescence Detection
8.4 FRET
Questions
; Chapter 9: Locating Transcriptional Control Regions: Deletion Analysis
Abstract
9.1 An Example of Deletion Analysis
Questions
; Chapter 10: Agarose Gels
Abstract
10.1 Application of Agarose Gels: Gel Shift
10.2 Application of Agarose Gels: DNA Footprinting
10.3 Application of Agarose Gels: Restriction Analysis
Questions
; Chapter 11: The Polymerase Chain Reaction
Abstract
11.1 Melt
11.2 Anneal
11.3 Extend
11.4 PCR Loops
11.5 An Application of Traditional PCR
11.6 Traditional Versus Real-Time PCR
11.7 Real-Time PCR
Questions
; Chapter 12: Genetic Engineering
Abstract
12.1 Plasmid Architecture
12.2 Molecular Cloning
12.3 A Single Plasmid Is Not Enough
12.4 Spectrophotometry
12.5 What We Have Learned so Far
Questions
; Chapter 13: Gene Delivery
Abstract
13.1 Gene Delivery Vehicles: An Overview
13.2 Gene Methods in Greater Detail
13.3 Preparation of Nonviral Gene Delivery Complexes
Questions
; Chapter 14: RNAi
Abstract
14.1 Cosuppression
14.2 RNA Interference
14.3 miRNA
Questions
; Chapter 15: DNA Fingerprinting
Abstract
15.1 Older DNA Fingerprinting Uses RFLPs
15.2 Newer DNA Fingerprinting Uses STRs
Questions
Chapter 16: Fermentation, Beer, and Biofuels
Abstract
16.1 Glycolysis
16.2 Fermentation
16.3 The Production of Beer
16.4 Fermentation to Produce Biofuels
Questions
Chapter 17: Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering
Abstract
17.1 Potential
17.2 An Alternate View of Stem Cells
17.3 Using Stem Cells
17.4 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
17.5 Bioreactors
17.6 Polymeric Scaffolds
17.7 Bringing it all Together: A Tissue Engineering Application
Questions
; Chapter 18: Transgenics
Abstract
18.1 Ice-Minus Bacteria
18.2 Bt Plants
18.3 Herbicide Resistance
18.4 Tomatoes
18.5 Rice
18.6 Terminators and Traitors
Questions
; Chapter 19: Patents and Licenses
Abstract
19.1 Types of Patents
19.2 Licenses
19.3 After a License Is Granted
Questions
; Index
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