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Biotechnology annual review. Volume 14 /

Biotechnology is a diverse, complex, and rapidly evolving field. Students and experienced researchers alike face the challenges of staying on top of developments in their field of specialty and maintaining a broader overview of the field as a whole. This latest volume of Biotechnology Annual Review...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: El-Gewely, M. Rafaat
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier Science, �2008.
Colección:Biotechnology Annual Review.
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  • Front cover; Biotechnology Annual Review; Copyright page; Preface; Editorial board; List of contributors; Contents; Chapter 1. The social network of a cell: Recent advances in interactome mapping; Introduction; Biomolecular interactions in human diseases; Charting biomolecular interactions; Large-scale approaches: Interactome mapping; Measurement of the dynamics of biomolecular interactions: The quantitative methods; Conclusions and perspectives; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Gene expression microarray data analysis demystified; Introduction; Gene expression microarray platforms.
  • Gene expression microarray experiment processData preprocessing; Differential expression analysis; Biological interpretation; Gene expression microarray data analysis software; Cross-platform comparisons; Public gene expression data repositories; The future; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. UCSC Genome Browser: Deep support for molecular biomedical research; Introduction; UCSC Genome Browser: The basics
  • an overview; Basic searches in the browser; The basic displays: An overview; Displaying data types: Visual cues; Setting the layout with menu controls.
  • Super-tracks for large-scale dataPage-wide display controls; Display choices are stored; Going beyond the image; What about the sequencequest; Basic sequence searches; Advanced exploration with the Table Browser; Sample search for all the SNPs in a gene; Sample search for filtered SNPs; Sample search for SNPs in transcription factor binding sites; More details on the Table Browser; Custom tracks: Your query as a new track; Custom tracks with your own data; Community tracks; Saving your views as sessions; Associated tools at the UCSC site; Gene Sorter; In-Silico PCR; Proteome Browser; VisiGene.
  • Additional species browsersComing attractions; Next steps; Get help from the mailing list and documentation; Get training, or train others; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. Potential implications of availability of short amino acid sequences in proteins: An old and new approach to protein decoding and design; Introduction; Historical and philosophical perspectives on protein sequence information; Information extraction from protein sequences using availability scores; Current status of availability analysis and future of protein science; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References.
  • Chapter 5. Network models in drug discovery and regenerative medicineIntroduction; Networks in therapeutic and regenerative medicine; Network modelling approaches and tools; References; Chapter 6. Use of the cauliflower Or gene for improving crop nutritional quality; Introduction; Carotenoid biosynthesis in plants; Regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants; Metabolic engineering of carotenoids in crops; Functional analysis of the Or gene from cauliflower; Creating a metabolic sink is a new strategy to enrich carotenoids in staple food crops; Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References.