Biotechnology : the renewable frontier /

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Imprint:Washington, DC : American Association for the Advancement of Science, c1986.
Description:x, 384 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:AAAS publication ; no. 85-26
AAAS publication 85-26
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/886782
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Other authors / contributors:Koshland, Daniel.
ISBN:0871683148
0871682834 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction In Pursuit of the Renewable Frontier
  • Part I. New Techniques
  • 1. Strategies and Applications of in Vitro Mutagenesis
  • References and Notes
  • 2. Genetic Engineering of Novel Genomes of Large Dna Viruses
  • References and Notes
  • 3. Heterologous Protein Secretion from Yeast
  • References and Notes
  • 4. The Genetic Linkage Map of the Human X Chromosome
  • References and Notes
  • 5. Multiple Mechanisms of Protein Insertion into and Across Membranes
  • References and Notes
  • Part II. Immunology
  • 6. Transfectomas Provide Novel Chimeric Antibodies
  • References and Notes
  • 7. Histocompatibility Antigens on Murine Tumors
  • References and Notes
  • 8. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in Protein Antigenic Structure
  • References and Notes
  • Part III. Developmenta Biology and Cancer
  • 9. Spatially Regulated Expression of Homeolic Genes in Drosophila
  • References and Notes
  • 10. Plasticity of the Differentiated State
  • References and Notes
  • 11. The Action of Oncogenes in the Cytoplasm and Nucleus
  • References and Notes
  • 12. The Granulocyte- Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factors
  • References and Notes
  • 13. X-Ray Structure of the Major Adduct of the Anticancer Drug Cisplatin with Dna: Cis- [pt(nh3)2{{D(pgpg)}}]
  • References and Notes
  • 14. Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Enhancer Requires One or More Tissue-Specific Factors
  • References and Notes
  • Part IV. Hormones and Metabolism
  • 15. Atrial Natriuretic Factor: a Hormone Produced by the Heart
  • References and Notes
  • 16. The Ldl Receptor Gene: a Mosaic of Exons Shared with Different Proteins
  • References and Notes
  • 17. Human Von Willebrand Factor (vwf): Isolation of Complementary Dna (cdna) Clones and Chromosomal Localization
  • References and Notes
  • Part V. Biotechnology
  • 18. Biotechnology in Food Production and Processing
  • References and Notes
  • 19. Biotechnology in the American Pharmaceutical Industry: the Japanese Challenge
  • References and Notes
  • Part VI. Virology
  • 20. Nucleolide Sequence of Yellow Fever Virus: Implications for Flavivirus Gene Expression and Evolution
  • References and Notes
  • 21. Three-Dimensional Structure of Poliovirus at 2.9 a Resolution
  • References and Notes
  • Part VII. Plant Sciences
  • 22. Arabidopsis Thaliana and Plant Molecular Genetics
  • References and Notes
  • 23. Safety Concerns and Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
  • References and Notes
  • Part VIII. Behavior and Sensory Phenomena
  • 24. The Cellular Basis of Hearing: the Biophysics of Hair Cells
  • References and Notes
  • 25. The Sociogenesis of Insect Colonies
  • References and Notes
  • 26. Neurotrophic Factors
  • References and Notes
  • About the Authors
  • Index