Biotechnology / David P. Clark, Nanette J. Pazdernik. -- 2nd ed. -- Amsterdam : Elsevier, c2016. – (58.2/C592/2nd ed.)

Contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Basics of biotechnology  1

CHAPTER 2 DNA, RNA, and protein  33

CHAPTER 3 Recombinant DNA technology  63

CHAPTER 4 DNA synthesis in vivo and in vitro  97

CHAPTER 5 RNA-based technologies  131

CHAPTER 6 Immune technology  181

CHAPTER 7 Nanobiotechnology  219

CHAPTER 8 Genomics and gene expression  349

CHAPTER 9 Proteomics  295

CHAPTER 10 Recombinant proteins  335

CHAPTER 11 Protein engineering  365

CHAPTER 12 Environmental biotechnology  393

CHAPTER 13 Synthetic biology  419

CHAPTER 14 From cell phones to cyborgs  447

CHAPTER 15 Transgenic plants and plant biotechnology  461

CHAPTER 16 Transgenic animals  493

CHAPTER 17 Inherited defects and gene therapy  523

CHAPTER 18 Cloning and stem cells  565

CHAPTER 19 Cancer  593

CHAPTER 20 Aging and apoptosis  627

CHAPTER 21 Viral and prion infections  663

CHAPTER 22 Biological warfare: infectious disease and bioterrorism  687

CHAPTER 23 Forensic molecular biology  721

CHAPTER 24 Bioethics in biotechnology  747

GLOSSARY

INDEX