Agrobacterium protocols, 2d ed.; v.2.9781588298430 Agrobacterium protocols, 2d ed.; v.2. Ed. by Kan Wang. Humana Press Inc. 2006 485 pages $145.00 Hardcover Methods in molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller ; v.344 QR82 Volume two in this two-volume set contains 35 of the 59 plant protocols for genetically transforming plants through the introduction of Agrobacterium DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. . The protocols are arranged by root plants, turf grasses, woody species, tropic plants, nuts and fruit, ornamental plants, and medicinal herbs. Each entry provides a materials list and step-by-step instructions from the preparation phase to the harvest of transgenic trans·ge·nic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being an organism whose genome has been altered by the transfer of a gene or genes from another species or breed: transgenic mice. 2. plants. The second edition adds six chapters on bacteria, fungi, algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that , and mammalian cells. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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