Biotechnology: Academic Cell Update Edition

by David P. Clark, Nanette J. Pazdernik

Overview

Now available with the most current and relevant journal articles from Cell Press, Biotechnology Academic Cell Update Edition approaches modern biotechnology from a molecular basis, which grew out of the increasing biochemical understanding of physiology. Using straightforward, less-technical jargon, Clark and Pazdernik manage to introduce each chapter with a basic concept that ultimately evolves into a more specific detailed principle. This up-to-date text covers a wide realm of topics, including the forensics used in crime scene investigations, the burgeoning field of nanobiotechnology, bioethics and other cutting edge topics in today's world of biotechnology. - Basic concepts followed by more detailed, specific applications with clear, color illustrations of key topics and concepts

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123850645
Publisher:	Academic Cell
Publication date:	01/06/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	768
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1. Basics of Biotechnology2. DNA, RNA, and Protein3. Recombinant DNA Technology4. DNA Synthesis In Vivo and In Vitro 5. RNA-Based Technologies6. Immune Technology7. Nanobiotechnology8. Genomics and Gene Expression9. Proteomics10. Recombinant Proteins11. Protein Engineering12. Environmental Biotechnology13. Pathway Engineering14. Transgenic Plants and Plant Biotechnology15. Transgenic Animals16. Inherited Defects17. Gene Therapy18. Molecular Biology of Cancer19. Non-Infectious Diseases20. Aging and Apoptosis21. Bacterial Infections22. Viral and Prion Infections23. Biowarfare and Bioterrorism24. Forensic Molecular Biology25. Bioethics in Biotechnology

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This new Academic Cell textbook incorporates recent journal articles from Cell Press to help students understand molecular biotechnology, how the research is conducted, and how the technology may impact the future