Previous ed.: 2008.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Biotechnology - An Overview -- Introduction -- 1.1.History -- 1.2.Biotechnological processes -- 1.3.Products -- 1.4.Biotechnology and IPR -- Study Questions -- 2.Genetic Engineering and Gene Cloning -- Introduction -- 2.1.Outline of a genetic engineering procedure -- 2.2.Restriction endonucleases -- 2.3.Cloning vehicles or vectors -- 2.4.Insertion of a particular DNA molecule into a vector -- 2.5.Transformation and growth of cells -- 2.6.Detection of recombinant molecules -- 2.7.Selection and screening of particular recombinants -- 2.8.Genomic DNA libraries -- 2.9.Sequencing DNA -- 2.10.Gene identification and mapping -- 2.11.Analysis of integration and expression of cloned genes -- 2.12.Gene amplification and screening -- 2.13.Special techniques -- Study Questions -- 3.Gene Transfer Mechanisms in Bacteria -- Introduction -- 3.1.Transformation -- 3.2.Conjugation -- 3.3.Transduction -- Study Questions -- 4.Plant Cell and Tissue Culture --

Contents note continued: Introduction -- 4.1.Historical events -- 4.2.Media -- 4.3.Plant growth regulators -- 4.4.Culture techniques -- 4.5.Organogenesis and embryogenesis -- 4.6.Special cultures -- 4.7.DNA amplification and tissue culture -- 4.8.Applications and advances in plant tissue culture -- 4.9.Germplasm conservation -- 4.10.Trees -- Study Questions -- 5.Plant Biotechnology -- Introduction -- 5.1.Vectors for plants -- 5.2.Ti plasmid based vectors -- 5.3.Viral vectors -- 5.4.Physical methods of gene transfer -- 5.5.In plants transformation -- 5.6.Chloroplast transformation -- 5.7.Applications of plant biotechnology -- 5.8.Uptake of DNA by plant cells -- 5.9.Production of disease free and disease resistant plants -- 5.10.Viral-resistant plants -- 5.11.Insect-resistant plants -- 5.12.Herbicide resistant plants -- 5.13.Induction and selection of mutants -- 5.14.Production through haploid technique -- 5.15.Somatic hybrids --

Contents note continued: 5.16.Transformation through uptake of foreign genome -- 5.17.Nitrogen fixation -- 5.18.Improving nutritional quality -- 5.19.Increased yield of chemical compounds -- 5.20.Plants as bioreactors -- 5.21.Moleoular pharming -- 5.22.Antibody production -- 5.23.Genetically modified food -- Study Questions -- 6.Animal Cell and Tissue Culture -- Introduction -- 6.1.Culture -- 6.2.Cells in culture -- 6.3.Characterization and validation -- 6.4.Cryopreservation -- 6.5.Organ culture -- 6.6.Animal cell fusion -- 6.7.Kinetics of cell growth -- 6.8.Culture media for animals -- 6.9.Complex natural media -- 6.10.Chemically defined media -- 6.11.Use of sodium bicarbonate and antibiotics -- 6.12.Hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies (MABs) -- 6.13.Applications -- 6.14.Chimaeric antibodies -- 6.15.Hazards associated with MABs -- Study Questions -- 7.Animal Biotechnology -- Introduction -- 7.1.Vectors for animals -- 7.2.Gene-transfer strategies --

Contents note continued: 7.3.Transient and stable transformation -- 7.4.Plasmid vectors for DNA-mediated gene transfer -- 7.5.Transgenic animals -- 7.6.Applications -- 7.7.Human cloning -- 7.8.Stem cells -- Study Questions -- 8.Industrial Biotechnology -- Introduction -- 8.1.Industrial microbial products -- 8.2.Industrial plant products -- 8.3.Industrial animal products -- 8.4.Fermentation or Bioprocess technology -- 8.5.Enzyme technology -- Study Questions -- 9.Healthcare Biotechnology -- Introduction -- 9.1.Production of rare biological molecules -- 9.2.Antibiotics, vaccines, and Steroid Hormones -- 9.3.Steroid hormones -- 9.4.Diagnostic tests -- 9.5.Biomarkers -- 9.6.Gene replacement therapy -- 9.7.Use of nanomedicine -- 9.8.Stem cell therapy -- 9.9.Monoclonal antibody therapy -- Study Questions -- 10.Environmental Biotechnology -- Introduction -- 10.1.Waste treatment -- 10.2.Biomass production -- 10.3.Biodiesel production -- 10.4.Biodiversity -- Study Questions --

Contents note continued: 11.Bioinformatics -- Introduction -- 11.1.Important contributions -- 11.2.Sequencing development -- 11.3.Aims and tasks of bioinformatics -- 11.4.Application of bioinformatics -- 11.5.Challenges and opportunities -- 11.6.Drug discovery -- 11.7.Pharmainformatics -- 11.8.Search programs -- Study Questions -- 12.Nanobiotechnology -- Introduction -- 12.1.Nanomaterials and nanoparticles -- 12.2.Biomaterials -- 12.3.Drug delivery -- 12.4.Tissue engineering -- 12.5.Nanomedicine -- 12.6.Biosensors -- 12.7.Nanobiosensors -- 12.8.DNA Nanotechnology -- Study Question -- 13.Enzyme and Protein Engineering -- Introduction -- 13.1.Principles of enzyme and protein engineering -- 13.2.Assumptions for enzyme and protein engineering -- 13.3.Methods for enzyme and protein engineering -- 13.4.Enzyme and protein technology -- 13.5.Artificial enzymes -- 13.6.Genetic engineering of enzymes and proteins -- 13.7.Applications of enzymes -- Study Questions --

Contents note continued: 14.Biotechnology and Ethics -- Introduction -- 14.1.Medical and chemical biotechnology -- 14.2.Agriculture and food -- 14.3.Energy and environment -- 14.4.Humans -- 14.5.Bioethics: facing problems and finding solutions -- Study Questions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.