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Book Nuclear Reprogramming

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steve Pells
  • Publisher : Humana
  • Release : 2005-12-05
  • ISBN : 9781588293794
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book Nuclear Reprogramming written by Steve Pells and published by Humana. This book was released on 2005-12-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging collection of readily reproducible methods for performing nuclear reprogramming by nuclear transfer in several different species, by fusion through both chemical treatment and electrically shocking cells, and by in vivo treatment of cells with cell extracts. Several methods of monitoring nuclear reprogramming are also presented, including the use of transgenic markers, activation of telomerase as an ES-specific marker, light and electron microscopic observation of structural changes in the nucleus, and verification of surface marker expression and the differentiation potential of stem cells. Biochemical methods are provided for the examination of chromatin protein modifications, nucleosomal footprinting, transcription factor binding, and the study of DNA methylation changes both at the specific locus level and at the level of the whole nucleus.

Book Rapid Repair of Severed Mammalian Axons Via Polyethylene Glycol mediated Cell Fusion

Download or read book Rapid Repair of Severed Mammalian Axons Via Polyethylene Glycol mediated Cell Fusion written by Joshua Martin Britt and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to repair damaged mammalian axons to re-establish functional connections continues to be a goal for neuroscientists. Following axonal severance, proximal segments of mammalian axons seal themselves rapidly at the lesion site. Distal segments of severed mammalian axons undergo Wallerian degeneration within 24-72 hours. Prior to the onset of degeneration, distal axonal segments remain electrically excitable. The work described in this dissertation demonstrates that polyethylene glycol (PEG), a hydrophilic polymer, can rapidly repair severed axons by fusing the plasmalemmas of two closely apposed distal and proximal axonal segments. This plasmalemmal fusion restores morphological integrity of severed axons and their ability to conduct action potentials across the injury site. The ability to fuse proximal and distal severed axonal segments using PEG is improved when the axonal segments are exposed to antioxidants, such as melatonin and methylene blue, and also when microsutures provide additional support in transected sciatic nerves. The restoration of axonal continuity by PEG-fusion restores function, improving behavioral recovery in rats with crush-injured sciatic nerves, as well as those in which the sciatic is complete transected.

Book Plant Cell and Tissue Culture

Download or read book Plant Cell and Tissue Culture written by J. Reinert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The techniques of plant organ, tissue, and cell culture concentrated on reproducibility, simplicity and accu are now established in many research laboratories racy with sufficient illustration to make all mani throughout the world and are being used in numerous pulations clear. areas of plant science. Methods have been developed The drawings of items used in the bench layout to propagate plants and free them from viruses using diagrams are symbolic and are 'keyed in' by number to shoot tip culture. The regeneration of plants from callus the list of materials and equipment. A line around an culture has also proved useful commercially. Elegant item indicates that is sterile. techniques have been used to synthesise somatic The adoption of an integrated text in which diagrams hybrids by the fusion of protoplasts and to transform are related spatially to the methods will, we hope, help cells. These and many other techniques have been the student to grasp the techniques quickly and effec and can be used to investigate a variety of botanical tively. This is first and foremost a manual which has its phenomena as well as to improve crop plants and now place on the laboratory bench open in front of the provide an important part of the basic experimental student, a book to be used! skills required by a majority of experimental botanists.

Book Plant Molecular Biology Manual

Download or read book Plant Molecular Biology Manual written by Stanton Gelvin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biochemical and Ultrastructural Studies of Cell Fusion Induced by Poly ethylene Glycol

Download or read book Biochemical and Ultrastructural Studies of Cell Fusion Induced by Poly ethylene Glycol written by Catherine Louise Smith and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mechanism of Poly ethylene Glycol  induced Cell Fusion

Download or read book Mechanism of Poly ethylene Glycol induced Cell Fusion written by Shi Kun Huang and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Principles of Cloning

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jose Cibelli
  • Publisher : Academic Press
  • Release : 2013-09-24
  • ISBN : 0123865425
  • Pages : 585 pages

Download or read book Principles of Cloning written by Jose Cibelli and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principles of Cloning, Second Edition is the fully revised edition of the authoritative book on the science of cloning. The book presents the basic biological mechanisms of how cloning works and progresses to discuss current and potential applications in basic biology, agriculture, biotechnology, and medicine. Beginning with the history and theory behind cloning, the book goes on to examine methods of micromanipulation, nuclear transfer, genetic modification, and pregnancy and neonatal care of cloned animals. The cloning of various species—including mice, sheep, cattle, and non-mammals—is considered as well. The Editors have been involved in a number of breakthroughs using cloning technique, including the first demonstration that cloning works in differentiated cells done by the Recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine – Dr John Gurdon; the cloning of the first mammal from a somatic cell – Drs Keith Campbell and Ian Wilmut; the demonstration that cloning can reset the biological clock - Drs Michael West and Robert Lanza; the demonstration that a terminally differentiated cell can give rise to a whole new individual – Dr Rudolf Jaenisch and the cloning of the first transgenic bovine from a differentiated cell – Dr Jose Cibelli. The majority of the contributing authors are the principal investigators on each of the animal species cloned to date and are expertly qualified to present the state-of-the-art information in their respective areas. - First and most comprehensive book on animal cloning, 100% revised - Describes an in-depth analysis of current limitations of the technology and research areas to explore - Offers cloning applications on basic biology, agriculture, biotechnology, and medicine

Book Nuclear Reprogramming

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steve Pells
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2008-02-04
  • ISBN : 1597450057
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Nuclear Reprogramming written by Steve Pells and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging collection of readily reproducible methods for performing nuclear reprogramming by nuclear transfer in several different species, by fusion through both chemical treatment and electrically shocking cells, and by in vivo treatment of cells with cell extracts. Several methods of monitoring nuclear reprogramming are also presented, including the use of transgenic markers, activation of telomerase as an ES-specific marker, light and electron microscopic observation of structural changes in the nucleus, and verification of surface marker expression and the differentiation potential of stem cells. Biochemical methods are provided for the examination of chromatin protein modifications, nucleosomal footprinting, transcription factor binding, and the study of DNA methylation changes both at the specific locus level and at the level of the whole nucleus.

Book Membrane Fusion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jan Wilschut
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 2019-11-14
  • ISBN : 1000715620
  • Pages : 927 pages

Download or read book Membrane Fusion written by Jan Wilschut and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This balanced volume provides a broad and coherent overview of recent progress in membrane fusion research—highlighting an interdisciplinary treatment of the subject from the fields of biophysics, biochemistry, cell biology, virology, and biotechnology—in a single volume., Featuring easy-access sections on the general properties of membranes and applications of membrane fusion techniques, this valuable sourcebook outlines membrane structure, lipid polymorphism, and intermembrane forces ... covers membrane fusion in model systems ... presents the fusogenic properties of enveloped viruses ... discusses the fusion and flow of intracellular membranes and cell-cell fusion occurring during fertilization and myogenesis ... offers applications of membrane fusion techniques in cell-biological research and biotechnology ... and more. Supplying a comprehensive view of this exciting topic, Membrane Fusion is a working resource for molecular, cell, and membrane biologists; biophysicists; biochemists; virologists; biotechnologists; microbiologists; immunologists; physiologists; and graduate and medical school students in biophysics, biochemistry, physiology, virology, cell biology, and biotechnology.

Book Cell Hybrids

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nils R. Ringertz
  • Publisher : Academic Press
  • Release : 2014-06-28
  • ISBN : 1483270092
  • Pages : 381 pages

Download or read book Cell Hybrids written by Nils R. Ringertz and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cell Hybrids summarizes the methodology of cell fusion-the fusion of human, animal, and plant cells of different origins to produce cell hybrids-and surveys the main applications and current findings of the hybridization technique. The book opens with a chapter on the history cell hybridization. This is followed by separate chapters on spontaneous cell fusion, virus-induced cell fusion, the cell fusion mechanism, regulation of DNA synthesis and mitosis in heterokaryons and homokaryons, and regulatory events which occur when two cells with different nuclear activity and/or phenotype are fused with each other. Subsequent chapters deal with methods used in preparing various cell fragments and some of their properties and uses in fusion experiments; isolation of growing hybrid cells; chromosome patterns and phenotypic expression in hybrid cells; cell organelles in hybrid cells; analysis of malignancy by cell hybridization. The final chapters discuss the use of somatic cell hybridization to analyze the interaction between a number of viruses and their host cells; and the use of plant cell hybrids.

Book Guide to Electroporation and Electrofusion

Download or read book Guide to Electroporation and Electrofusion written by Donald Chang and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1991-12-11 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to Electroporation and Electrofusion is designed to cover all relevant topics pertaining to both electroporation and electrofusion. Divided into four major parts, the book covers fundamental aspects, as well as more advance aspects of the electroporation-electrofusion relationship. The book first covers the basic principles and fundamentals by presenting the most recent theoretical and experimental studies from various fields, such as physics, chemistry, and biology. Next, the book tackles the applications of electroporation and electrofusion in biology, such as transferring, manipulating, and transforming genetic materials. In the third section, the book discusses experimental protocols to serve as a guide when performing experiments using electroporation and electrofusion. The final section discusses the instruments needed to effectively perform an experiment that involves electroporation and electrofusion. This book will be of great used to both novice and advanced researchers whose work involves electroporation and electrofusion, as it provides comprehensive information regarding these topics.

Book Cell Fusion

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Evered
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2009-09-14
  • ISBN : 0470718544
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Cell Fusion written by David Evered and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Book Cell Fusion

    Book Details:
  • Author : A.E. Sowers
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-11-11
  • ISBN : 147579598X
  • Pages : 545 pages

Download or read book Cell Fusion written by A.E. Sowers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last decade the volume Membrane Fusion. edited by Poste and Nicholson, has probably served as one of the major sources of review in formation on fusion in membrane systems. Since its publication much new information has been collected. New methods of inducing fusion have been invented or discovered, and new applications for fusion have been found. The need for an up-to-date monograph that covers and in tegrates these subjects, reviews established material, and rationalizes and integrates the old and the new is thus obvious. This book is the product of efforts to meet this need. Most of the current work in the field of membrane fusion takes place within the context of intact or modified cells. Hence this book emphasizes the plasma membrane. Each chapter is either a review, a report, or a short historical overview, depending, respectively, on whether the subject is large in scope and has a long history, or the subject is in such an early stage of development that most of what is known is still in the hands of a relatively small number of investigators and is best covered in report form.

Book Methods of Hybridoma Formation

Download or read book Methods of Hybridoma Formation written by Arie H. Bartal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laymen often consider modern laboratory research to be based on an endless array of sophisticated technologies whose complex capabilities are as important to the outcome of any project as the inventiveness and creativity of the scientists who employ them. Scientists at times may share this point of view until they are con fronted by unexpected findings that demand new approaches, and they discover that yesterday's "sophisticated tools" are today's "blunt instruments." This experience provides a more sobering view of the current state of our scientific methods. It also serves as an impetus for the further development of technology that prepares us for the next stage of advance. Immunologists were confronted by such a technological crises in the late 1970s when they finally were forced to admit that poly clonal antibodies, although quite sensitive reagents, were not spe cific enough to answer many of the questions then confronting virologists and tumor biologists. The answer to the need for specific ity came with the development of monoclonal antibody technology. In the last ten years there have been considerable advances in monoclonal antibody techniques. Today these reagents are much more versatile than they were initially and can be applied to a broad range of problems. Still, most workers who are using these anti bodies are convinced that their potential is far from exhausted, and that at least in some fields we are currently in the early stages of learning how to use them properly.

Book Gene Transfer to Plants

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ingo Potrykus
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-06-29
  • ISBN : 3642792472
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Gene Transfer to Plants written by Ingo Potrykus and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: