Title: Genetic manipulation : impact on man and society
Abstract: Speakers and editors Preface The committe on genetic experimentation The international council of scientific unions The ICSU Press Acknowledgements Part I. Micro-Organisms: 1. Natural mechanisms of microbial evolution Werner Arber 2. Transitory recombination between phage and plasmid genomes S. D. Ehrlich, M. Dagert, S. Romac and B. Michel 3. Survival of plasmids in escherichia coli S. B. Levy 4. Gene cloning and bacterial pathogenicity W. Goebel, J. Hacker, C. Hughes, S. Knapp, H. Hof, D. Muller, A. Juarez and J. Kreft 5. Selective evolution of genes for enhanced degradation of persistent, toxic chemicals A. M. Chakrabarty, J. S. Karns, J. J. Kilbane and D. K. Chatterjee 6. Deliberate release of microorganisms for insect control P. Luthy, H. M. Fischer and R. Hutter Part II. Gene Expression in Plants: 7. Isolation of transposable elements in maize P. Starlinger, U. Courage-Tebbe, H. P. Doring, W. B. Frommer, K. Theres, E. Tillmann, E. Weck and W. Werr 8. E. coli - A. Tumefaciens shuttle vectors G. E. Riedel and D. A. Austen 9. Ti plasmids as experimental gene vectors for plants J. Schell, M. Van Montagu, M. Holsters, P. Zambryski, H. Joos, D. Inze, L. Herrera-Estrella, A. Depicker, M. De Block, A. Caplan, P. Dhaese, E. Van Haute, J. P. Hernalsteens, H. De Greve, J. Leemans, R. Deblaere, L. Willmitzer, J. Schroder and L. Otten 10. Variability in tissue-culture derived plants H. Lorz Part III. Strategies in the Improvement of Plants: 11. Gene transfer in maize: controlling elements and the alcohol dehydrogenase genes W. J. Peacock, E. S. Dennis, W. L. Gerlach, D. Llewellyn, H. Lorz, A. J. Pryor, M. M. Sachs, D. Schwartz and W. D. Sutton 12. Potato - a first crop improvement by the application of microbiological techniques? G. Wenzel, H. Uhrig and W. Burgermeister 13. Long-term goals in agricultural plant improvement P. R. Day 14. Global activities in plant genetic resources conservation J. T. Williams 15. Genetic perspectives of germplasm conservation O. H. Frankel Part IV. Manipulation of the Mammalian Germ Line: 16. Sequence organization of the vertebrate genome G. Bernardi 17. Genetic manipulation of drosophila with transposable P elements A. Spradling, B. Wakimoto, S. Parks, J. Levine, L. Kalfayan and D. de Cicco 18. Making a bigger mouse R. D. Palmiter and R. L. Brinster 19. Retroviruses and mammalian development R. Jaenisch 20. Chromosome translocations and oncogene activation in burkett lymphoma C. M. Croce 21. Oncogenic transformation activates cellular genes P. W. J. Rigby, P. M. Brickell, D. S. Latchman, D. Murphy, K. H. Westphal and M. R. D. Scott 22. Problems of genetic engineering in animal breeding G. F. Stranzinger 23. In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: implications for genetic engineering T. L. A. Hunlich, S. Trotnow and T. Kniewald Subject index.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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