Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
 Agrobacterium -Mediated Horizontal Gene Transfer....Pages 1-24
Computer-Assisted Methods for the Identification and Characterization of Polymerase II Promoters....Pages 25-40
Retroviral cDNA Integration: Mechanism, Applications and Inhibition....Pages 41-61
The Signal Transduction of Motion and Antigen Recognition: Factors Affecting T Cell Function and Differentiation....Pages 63-110
Synthetic DNA Arrays....Pages 111-123
Detection of Single Nucleotide Variations....Pages 125-134
Antisense: A Key Tool for Cell and Developmental Studies in Dictyostelium ....Pages 135-141
Antisense in Abundance: The Ribosome as a Vehicle for Antisense RNA....Pages 143-151
Salinity Tolerance — Mechanisms, Models and the Metabolic Engineering of Complex Traits....Pages 153-176
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Regulation of Starch Synthesis....Pages 177-223
Genetic Engineering and the Expression of Foreign Peptides or Proteins with Plant Virus-Based Vectors....Pages 225-237
Cloning and Expression of Large Mammalian cDNAs: Lessons from ATM....Pages 239-248
The use of Genetically Engineered Cells in Drug Discovery....Pages 249-266
Molecular Engineering of Monoterpene Production....Pages 267-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-292