The current volume covers human gene therapy, improving the nutritional value of maize, restriction-modification enzymes, and eight other subjects.

Presents the latest research in genetic engineering. Topics include agrobacterium -mediated horizontal gene transfer, detection of single nucleotide variations, the ribosome as a vehicle for antisense RNA, cloning and expression of large mammalian cDNAs, the use of genetically engineered cells in dr

This volume, as with the previous books in the series, presents state-of-the-art discussions in genetics and genetic engineering by focusing on plant science and technology, agriculture, cell biology, and medical research.

Volume 18 explores the latest advances in recombinant DNA molecule techniques and how they are revolutionizing basic research in biology. Chapters discuss obtaining good expression of genetically engineered pest-resistant genes introduced in crop plants, cloning DNAs containing palindromes, and identifying genes by 3' terminal exon trapping and much more.

Volume 17 of this highly acclaimed series features discussions on a new method of mapping and manipulating DNA with the use of RecA protein in combination with restriction enzymes, RNA pseudoknots, and platelet-derived growth factors and their receptors in cell differentiation and cell cycle control.

Fifteen contributions on topics that include: the Mutator transposable element family of maize, protein phosphorylation, codon usage in primates, the role of nodulation genes in bacterium-plant communication, regulation of gene expression by epidermal growth factor, functions of intracellular protei

Sixteen contributions cover such topics as the polymerase chain reaction; regulation of alternative splicing; human retinoblastoma susceptibility gene; control of translation initiation in mammalian cells; the utility of streptomycetes as hosts for gene cloning; folding of eukaryotic proteins produc