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DNA & genetic engineering / Robert Snedden.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cells and lifePublication details: Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2003.Description: 48 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 1588106748 (lib. bdg.) :
Other title:
  • DNA and genetic engineering
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 572.8/6 21
LOC classification:
  • QH442 .S62 2003
Contents:
Nature's way -- Reading the manual -- Protein factories -- Gene control -- Introducing e. coli -- Chopping up DNA -- The split gene problem -- Hitting the target -- Bacterial benefits -- Turning to phages again -- Going multicellular -- Nature's genetic engineer -- Designer plants -- Transgenic animals -- Transgenic applications -- Gene therapy -- Stem cells -- The consequences of cloning -- Genome mapping -- Genome challenges.
Summary: Discusses DNA including how it is put together, how cells read DNA, and the science and technology that is being explored based on cells and DNA.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

Nature's way -- Reading the manual -- Protein factories -- Gene control -- Introducing e. coli -- Chopping up DNA -- The split gene problem -- Hitting the target -- Bacterial benefits -- Turning to phages again -- Going multicellular -- Nature's genetic engineer -- Designer plants -- Transgenic animals -- Transgenic applications -- Gene therapy -- Stem cells -- The consequences of cloning -- Genome mapping -- Genome challenges.

Discusses DNA including how it is put together, how cells read DNA, and the science and technology that is being explored based on cells and DNA.