Biotechnology

by David P. Clark, Nanette J. Pazdernik

Overview

Biotechnology, Second Edition approaches modern biotechnology from a molecular basis, which has grown out of increasing biochemical understanding of genetics and physiology. Using straightforward, less-technical jargon, Clark and Pazdernik introduce each chapter with basic concepts that develop into more specific and detailed applications. This up-to-date text covers a wide realm of topics including forensics, bioethics, and nanobiotechnology using colorful illustrations and concise applications. In addition, the book integrates recent, relevant primary research articles for each chapter, which are presented on an accompanying website. The articles demonstrate key concepts or applications of the concepts presented in the chapter, which allows the reader to see how the foundational knowledge in this textbook bridges into primary research. This book helps readers understand what molecular biotechnology actually is as a scientific discipline, how research in this area is conducted, and how this technology may impact the future.

• Up-to-date text focuses on modern biotechnology with a molecular foundation
• Includes clear, color illustrations of key topics and concept
• Features clearly written without overly technical jargon or complicated examples
• Provides a comprehensive supplements package with an easy-to-use study guide, full primary research articles that demonstrate how research is conducted, and instructor-only resources

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123850164
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/16/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	850
File size:	78 MB
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About the Author

David P. Clark did his graduate work on bacterial antibiotic resistance to earn his Ph.D. from Bristol University, England. He later crossed the Atlantic to work as a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University and then the University of Illinois. Dr Clark recently retired from teaching Molecular Biology and Bacterial Physiology at Southern Illinois University which he joined in 1981. His research into the Regulation of Alcohol Fermentation in E. coli was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, from 1982 till 2007. In 1991 he received a Royal Society Guest Research Fellowship to work at Sheffield University, England while on sabbatical leave.

Nanette J. Pazdernik has devoted her career to the understanding of molecular biology and biotechnology, and then disseminating that knowledge by writing and teaching. She is a co-author of Biotechnology, 2nd edition and Molecular Biology, 3rd edition, with Dr. David P. Clark and Dr. Michelle McGehee. Both the second and third edition of Molecular Biology won a Texty award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. She has taught courses in General Biology, Genetics, as well as Anatomy and Physiology at Southwestern Illinois College, McKendree University, and Harris-Stowe University. She received her BA in Biology from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and her PhD in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics from the University of Minnesota. Her doctoral thesis studied protein structure-function relationships. Following her degrees, she investigated the signal transduction pathways that control apoptosis and immunity at Indiana University School of Medicine. In a second post-doctoral position, she studied the various molecules that maintain the stem cell niche in the Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Currently, Dr. Pazdernik works in the biotech industry as a scientific writer.

Table of Contents

1. Basics of Biotechnology 2. DNA, RNA, and Protein 3. Recombinant DNA Technology 4. DNA Synthesis and PCR5. RNA-Based Technologies 6. Immune Technology 7. Nanobiotechnology8. Genomics and Gene Expression9. Proteomics10. Recombinant Proteins11. Protein Engineering 12. Environmental Biotechnology 13. Synthetic Biology 14. Portable Biotechnology15. Plant Biotechnology 16. Transgenic Animals 17. Inherit Defects and Gene Therapy 18. Stem Cells&Applications19. Cancer20. Aging and Apoptosis 21. Viral and Prion Infections 22. Biowarfare and Bioterrorism 23. Forensic Molecular Biology 24. Bioethics in Biotechnology

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An approach to modern biotechnology from a molecular basis using colorful illustrations and concise applications