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Genetic engineering by Herring, Mark Youngblood, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…agriculture applications of genetic engineering -- Well, hello, Dolly: animal applications of genetic engineering -- Where no man (or woman) has gone before: the Human Genome Project -- The doctor will see you now: genetic engineering and the treatment of diseases -- Just the facts, ma'am: genetic engineering, DNA evidence, and the courts -- Endgame: genetic engineering, future trends, current recommendations.…”
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Questioning for classroom discussion : purposeful speaking, engaged listening, deep thinking / by Walsh, Jackie A., Sattes, Beth D. (Beth Dankert)

Table of Contents: “…Quality questioning: the heart of thoughtful discussion -- The DNA of productive discussion: social, cognitive, and use-of-knowledge skills and companion -- Dispositions -- Teacher-guided discussion: teachers as coaches during five stages of discussion -- Structured small-group discussion: using protocols to scaffold skills for discussion -- Student-driven discussion: putting students in the driver's seat -- Questioning for discussion: creating your own designs.…”
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The science of cosmeceuticals

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The science of enhanced cosmeceutical development -- Skin care ingredients and the key to moisturization efficacy -- The importance of sunscreens in preventing DNA damage and aging -- Vitamins and other antioxidants as a mean to quench reactive oxygen species resulting from UV exposure (Inflam-aging, Alphabet vitamins, Carotenoids, Retinol, Niacinamide, Linolenic and linoleic acids) -- The differences between oral consumption and topical application.…”
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Recent trends in radiation chemistry

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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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Apoptosis in C. elegans

Table of Contents: “…-- Cell death specification (ces) genes -- NSM sister cell death -- Transcription factors -- A model for C. elegans DNA damage response -- gla-3 -- A molecular model for the recognition and removal of apoptotic cells in C. elegans.…”
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Auto-antibodies as predictors of autoimmune disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Natural history of autoimmune diseases -- Predictive value of autoantibodies -- Anti-dsDNA antibodies and SLE -- Anti-nuclear antibodies and SLE -- Anti-Ro/La antibodies and Sjogren's syndrome -- Rheumatoid factor and anti-CCP antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis -- Anti-mitochondrial antibodies and primary biliary cirrhosis -- Autoantibodies in diabetes -- Adrenal cortex antibodies and Addison's disease -- Ant-thyroid antibodies and hypothyroidism -- Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies and celiac disease -- Autoantibodies and multiple sclerosis -- Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies and Crohn's disease.…”
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History and geography of human genetic diversity I

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Four major factors of evolution: mutation, natural selection, drift, migration -- Role of demography in the quantitative study of evolution -- Drift: the Parma Valley study -- Equilibrium of migration and drift -- Founders' effect -- Reconstructing evolutionary history of a population -- Evidence of the importance of drift from molecular evolution -- Molecular evolution of proteins -- Trees with proteins and trees with DNA -- Phylogeographic analysis -- Microsatellites -- Graphic presentation of evolution data by principal components analysis.…”
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Gene profiling in breast cancer

Table of Contents: “…Contents: DNA microarrays and PCR can provide information about the biology of breast cancer, prediction of response and prognosis -- A molecular taxonomy of breast cancer has been proposed based on gene profiling -- Prediction of response is still inaccurate and further studies should be performed -- Several prognostic profiles have proved advantage over classical prognostic factors -- They could be used in the near future to select patients for adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer.…”
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Historical introduction to human diversity II

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Electrophoresis -- Electrophoretic mobility -- Amino acids -- Specific detection methods -- Detecting protein size differences -- Ioselectric focusing -- Protein polymorphism -- DNA polymorphism and electrophoresis -- Tandem repeats -- Genotype and phenotype -- Epistasis -- Isozymes -- Many proteins are encoded by multiple genes -- Multimeric proteins -- How do we know that a protein is encoded by multiple genes/alleles? …”
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Nuclear receptors superfamily structural insights into function /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Signal transduction and transcriptional regulation -- Cofactor binding and transcriptional activation -- The modular organization of nuclear hormone receptors -- The DNA binding domain -- The ligand binding domain -- Sequence/structure to function -- The oligomeric state -- Allosteric control through post-translational modifications -- Communication pathways in NRs -- Ligand binding: specificity and adaptability -- The retinoid receptors: RXR and RAR -- Structural adaptability in the ligand-binding pocket of the ecdysone hormone receptor -- Binding to coactivators and corepressors: the signature motifs -- Ligand dependent (de)activation: agonists and antagonists -- Estrogen receptor -- The vitamin D receptor.…”
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Show Sold Separately : Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts / by Gray, Jonathan (Jonathan Alan)

Table of Contents: “…Hype, intros, and textual beginnings -- Bonus materials: digital auras and authors -- Under a long shadow: sequels, prequels, pre-texts, and intertexts -- Spoiled and mashed up: viewer-created paratexts -- In the world, just off screen: toys and games -- Conclusion: "In the DNA": creating across paratexts.…”
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Biomedical materials and diagnostic devices

Table of Contents: “….] -- Gold nanoparticle-based electrochemical biosensors for medical applications / Ulku Anik -- Impedimetric DNA sensing employing nanomaterials / Manel del Valle and Alessandra Bonanni -- Bionanocomposite matrices in electrochemical biosensors / Ashutosh Tiwari, Atul Tiwari -- Biosilica-nonocomposites-nanobiomaterials for biomedical engineering and sensing applications / Nikos Chaniotakis, Raluca Buiculescu -- Molecularly imprinted nanomaterial-based highly sensitive and selective medical devices / Bhim Bali Prasad and Mahavir Prasad Tiwari -- Immunosensors for diagnosis of cardiac injury / Swapneel R. …”
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Biotechnologies for Plant Mutation Breeding Protocols /

Table of Contents: “….) -- Optimization of Somatic Embryogenesis in Cassava -- Creation of a TILLING Population in Barley after Chemical Mutagenesis with Sodium Azide and MNU -- Site-Directed Mutagenesis in Barley by Expression of TALE Nuclease in Embryogenic Pollen -- Doubled Haploidy as a Tool for Chimera Dissolution of TALEN-Induced Mutations in Barley -- Field Evaluation of Mutagenized Rice Material -- Root Phenotyping Pipeline for Cereal Plants -- Breeding New Aromatic Rice with High Iron using Gamma Radiation and Hybridization -- Utilizing NIRS for Qualitative and Non-Destructive Identification of Seed Mutants in Large Populations -- Protocols for Proteome Analyses of Jatropha curcas -- Low-Cost Methods for DNA Extraction and Quantification -- A Protocol for Benchtop Extraction of Single-Strand-Specific Nucleases for Mutation Discovery -- A Protocol for Validation of Doubled Haploid Plants by Enzymatic Mismatch Cleavage -- Bioinformatics-Based Assessment of the Relevance of Candidate Genes for Mutation Discovery -- Mutation Detection by Analysis of DNA Heteroduplexes in TILLING Populations of Diploid Species -- Determining Mutation Density using Restriction Enzyme Sequence Comparative Analysis (RESCAN) -- Next-Generation Sequencing for Targeted Discovery of Rare Mutations in Rice.…”
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Advances in food diagnostics

Table of Contents: “…Assuring safety and quality along the food chain -- Methodologies for improved quality control assessment of food products -- Application of microwaves for on-line quality assessment -- Ultrasounds for quality assurance -- NMR for food quality and traceability -- Electronic nose for quality and safety control -- Rapid microbiological methods in food diagnostics -- Molecular technologies for detecting and characterizing pathogens -- DNA-based detection of GM ingredients -- Protein-based detection of GM ingredients -- Immunodiagnostic technology and its applications -- Rapid liquid chromatographic techniques for detection of key (bio)chemical markers -- Sampling procedures with special focus on automatization -- Data processing -- Data handling -- The market for diagnostic devices in the food industry.…”
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The Fourth Amendment select issues and cases /

Table of Contents: “…Carpenter -- Compulsory DNA collection : a Fourth Amendment analysis / Anna C. …”
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A historical perspective on ideas on X-chromosome inactivation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The phenomenon of X-chromosome inactivation in female mammals -- X-chromosome inactivation as a dosage compensation mechanism for equalising the dosage of X-linked gene products in XY males and XX females in somatic cells -- inactivity of either the maternal or paternal X-chromosome in different cells in eutherian mammals -- preferential inactivation of paternal X in the placenta of mice and in all cells of marsupials -- initiation of the process from an X-inactivation centre -- discovery of the key gene, Xist -- the concept of initiation and maintenance of X-inactivation as separate processes -- histone modifications and methylation of CpG islands as maintenance mechanisms -- inactivation in autosomal and X-chromosomal DNA -- LINE1s as booster elements on the X-chromosome.…”
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Nuclear control of respiratory chain expression by transcriptional activators and coactivators

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Contribution of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes to respiratory chain expression -- Genomic origin of respiratory chain subunits -- Cytochrome c as a model for respiratory gene expression -- DNA binding and transcriptional properties of nuclear respiratory factors (NRF-1 and NRF-2) -- Identification and characterization of NRF target genes -- Phenotypes associated with a targeted disruption of NRF-1 in mice -- NRF control of mitochondrial transcription factor expression -- The PGC-1 family -- PRC functional interactions with NRF-1 and CREB -- Cytochrome c promoter occupancy by PRC during the transition from quiescence to proliferative growth -- Potential role for PRC in integrating mitochondrial functions with cell growth.…”
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Phosphoserine/threonine binding domains molecular integrators of protein kinase signaling in cell cycle control and cancer /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Protein phosphorylation -- Historical perspective on signaling by tyrosine kinases -- The human kinome -- How can phosphorylation control enzyme activity -- The new 'dogma' of signal transduction by serine/threonine kinases -- New phospho-binding domains -- Polo family kinases together with cyclin-dependent kinases play many roles throughout mitosis -- Architecture of polo-like kinases -- Structural basis for phospho-dependent binding -- What does the polo-box domain do in cells -- A proteomic approach to identifying new phospho-Ser/Thr-binding domains -- The DNA damage response pathway -- BRCA1 -- Cancer associated mutations.…”
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Cell cycle control by the ubiquitin system in mammals

Table of Contents: “…-- Cyclin dependent kinases -- Advantages of regulated proteolysis -- The hierarchy of the ubiquitin pathway -- E2s and E3s ensure substrate specificity -- Regulation of the cell cycle by proteolysis -- Two major ubiquitin ligases control cell cycle progression -- SCF ubiquitin ligases -- Mechanism of catalysis by the SCF -- F-box proteins -- Skp2 -- betaTrcp1 and betaTrcp2 -- DNA replication stress -- Fbxw7 -- Anaphase promoting complex or cyclosome -- Cell cycle, ubiquitin system and cancer.…”
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