Research Catalog

Title

Biotechnology and environmental science : molecular approaches / edited by S. Mongkolsuk, P.S. Lovett, and J. Trempy.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, 1992.

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Additional Authors

• Mongkolsuk, S.
• Lovett, P. S.
• Trempy, J. E.

Description

xi, 230 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Agricultural biotechnology > Congresses
• Bioremediation > Congresses
• Microbial biotechnology > Congresses
• Biotechnology > Congresses

Note

• "Proceedings of an international conference on biotechnology and environmental science: molecular approaches, held August 21-24, 1990, in Bangkok, Thailand"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Sect. I. Eukaryotic Biotechnology. Modification of Specific Chromosomal Loci in Mammalian Cells by Recombination / Paul Berg. Moveable Elements in the Human Genome: Status of Research / Maxine F. Singer, Thomas G. Fanning, Debra M. Leibold, Gary D. Swergold and Ronald E. Thayer. Host-Vector System and Reverse Genetics in a Non-Conventional Yeast, Candida maltosa / Masamichi Takagi. Expression of the [beta]-1,3-Glucanase Gene in the Yeast Hansenula polymorpha / Shi-Hsiang Shen and Lison Bastien. Role of the [alpha]A-CRYBP1 Site in Lens-Specific Expression of the [alpha]A-Crystallin Gene / Christina M. Sax, John F. Klement and Joram Piatigorsky. Recent Advance on Thymidylate Synthase-Dihydrofolate Reductase from Plasmodium falciparum / Worachart Sirawaraporn -- Sect. II. Agricultural Biotechnology. Coat Protein Mediated Protection and the Potential for its Application in Agriculture / Roger N. Beachy.
• Molecular Strategies in the Interaction Between Agrobacterium and its Hosts / Eugene W. Nester and Milton P. Gordon. Structure of Peroxidase Isozyme Gene in Brassica and Their Expression / A. Shinmyo, K. Fujiyama, H. Takemura, N. Okada and M. Takano. Green Revolution and Gene Revolution / S. D. Kung. The Role of Lectin in Association Between Rice and Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria / S. Chaopongpang, S. Pornpattkul, C. Pitaksutheepong, J. Limpananont, P. Chaisiri and J. Boonjawat. Analyzing Pathogen Populations Using Molecular Markers / Rebecca J. Nelson -- Sect. III. Environmental Biotechnology. Environmental Control of Microbial Gene Expression and Evolution / A. M. Chakrabarty. Bacterial Heavy Metal Detoxification and Reistance Systems / Simon Silver. The Potential of White-Rot Fungi in Bioremediation / T. Kent Kirk, Richard T. Lamar and John A. Glaser. Tol Plasmid: Organization and Regulation of Gene Expression / Teruko Nakazawa, Masataka Tsuda, Sachiye Inouye and Atsushi Nakazawa.
• Microoganisms for the Introduction of Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Into the Carbon Cycle / Thomas Leisinger. Molecular Evolution of Enzymes Toward Nylon-Oligomers, Xenobiotic Compounds / Hirosuke Okada, Seiji Negoro and Itaru Urabe -- Sect. IV. Microbial Biotechnology. Response of E. coli to DNA Damage and Stress / Toshihiro Ohta, John R. Battista, Caroline E. Donnelly and Graham C. Walker. Induction of Cat mRNA Translation by Chloramphenicol: An Example of Translational Attenuation / Paul S. Lovette, Nicholas P. Ambulos, Jr. and Elizabeth J. Rogers. Genetic Analysis of Bacterial Strains Freshly Isolated from Natural Sources / B. W. Holloway, A. Bowen, S. Dharmsthiti, V. Krishnapillai, A. Morgan, E. Ratnaningsih and M. I. Sinclair. Translation Initiation from a CUG Codon in Bacillus subtilis / Nicholas P. Ambulos, Jr. and Paul S. Lovette.
• Molecular Cloning of S-Layer Protein Gene from Bacillus thuringiensis / Chanpen Wiwat, Watanalai Panbangred, Somsak Pantuwatana, Skorn Mongkolsuk and Amaret Bhumiratana. Production of 6-Aminopenicillanic Acid by an Enzymatic Process / Watanalai Panbangred, Saiyavit Varavinit, Taweerat Vichitsoonthonkul, Suang Udomvaraphunt, Suthum Intrararuangsorn and Vithaya Meevootisom. The Enzyme and Gene of the Thermostable Peroxidase from Bacillus stearothermophillus / Suvit Loprasert, Seiji Negoro, Itaru Urabe and Hirosuke Okada. Application of a Multicopy Phenotype Approach / J. E. Trempy -- Sect. V. New Technology. Analysis of Epitopes in the Cholera Family of Enterotoxins / Mohammad Kazemi and Richard A. Finkelstein. Detection of Indicator Bacteria and Pathogens in Water by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Gene Probe Methods / R. M. Atlas, A. Bej, M. Mahbubani, R. Steffan, M. Perlin, J. DiCesare and L. Haff.
• Recombinant DNA Technology in the Bovine Disease Control Program and Development of Cattle Industry / Chariya Brockelman, Vichai Boonsaeng and Peerapan Tan-ariya.

ISBN

030644352X

LCCN

92040429

OCLC

• 26974841
• ocm26974841

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries