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General properties and applications of plasmids

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Properties of plasmids that facilitate isolation -- Basic analyses of plasmids -- Restriction enzymes and their use as analytical tools -- The important role of plasmids in recombinant DNA technology and genome analyses.…”
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Materials for tissue engineering

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Range of materials considered for tissue engineering -- Research into cell-material interaction -- Development of new technologies -- Highly tailored biomaterials: role in guiding cell behaviour and tissue regeneration -- Medical implants -- The use of commonly available clinical bioresorbable polymers -- The use of bioactive materials: Bioglass -- Utilising self-assembling nanoscale fibres, peptide functionalisation and recombinant DNA technology -- Replication of structure and function of natural tissue -- Importance of production techniques to control material macro and nano structure.…”
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The generation of diversity in antibody genes

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Historical perspective on antibodies and immunity -- Nature and structure of antibodies and immunoglobulin fold -- Theories of antibody formation -- Clonal selection theory -- Mechanisms contributing to antibody diversity -- Organization of immunoglobulin loci -- Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement and generation of the primary repertoire -- RSS elements -- RAG genes and mechanism of V-D-J joining -- Membrane immunoglobulin and the B-cell antigen receptor -- Secondary antibody repertoire and diversification of rearranged immunoglobulin genes -- Affinity maturation -- Somatic hypermutation, gene conversion and class-switch recombination -- DNA deamination as a central trigger for these three diversification processes -- Detailed pathways of antibody gene diversification -- AID and the evolution of DNA deamination.…”
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