Biotechnology And Biological Frontiers

by Philip H Abelson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367020460
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/2019
Pages:	534
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Philip H. Abelson is the editor of Science.

Table of Contents

Biotechnology — Biotechnology: An Overview — Rabies Virus Glycoprotein Analogs: Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli — Secretion of Human Interferons by Yeast — Multiple Point Mutations Affecting the Simian Virus 40 Enhancer — Human Insulin from Recombinant DNA Technology — Monoclonal Antibodies for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Humans — Immunotoxins: A New Approach to Cancer Therapy — Protein Sequence Analysis: Automated Microsequencing — Antibodies That React with Predetermined Sites on Proteins — Protein Engineering — Prospects in Plant Genetic Engineering — Isolation of Agronomically Useful Mutants from Plant Cell Cultures — Genetic Transfer in Plants Through Interspecific Protoplast Fusion — Contributions of Conventional Plant Breeding to Food Production — Biotechnology of Forest Yield — Genetic Manipulation of Antibiotic-Producing Microorganisms — New Applications of Microbial Products — Bacterial, Viral, and Fungal Insecticides — Immobilized Enzymes and Cells as Practical Catalysts — Bioreactors: Design and Operation — Production of Feedstock Chemicals — Single-Cell Proteins — Biological Frontiers — Biological Frontiers — Monoclonal Antibodies Reveal the Structural Basis of Antibody Diversity — Genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Mouse and Man — Studying Promoters and Terminators by Gene Fusion — Transcription of Class III Genes: Formation of Preinitiation Complexes — BK Viral Enhancer Element and a Human Cellular Homolog — Duplication of an Insertion Sequence During Transpositional Recombination — Translocalions Among Antibody Genes in Human Cancer — Cellular Oncogenes and Multistep Carcinogenesis — Yeast RNA Polymerase II Genes: Isolation with Antibody Probes — Directed Mutagenesis of Dihydrofolate Reductase — Surface Molecules Identify Groups of Growing Axons — Modulation of Synapse Formation by Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate — In situ Hybridization to Study the Origin and Fate of Identified Neurons — Metallothionein-Human GH Fusion Genes Stimulate Growth of Mice — Introduction of Genetic Material into Plant Cells