Genetic Engineering

Jane K. Setlow, PhD. has championed the field of genetics for over 30 years, agreeing to edit Genetic Engineering: Principles & Methods since its inception in 1979. An internationally recognized scientist with numerous publications, Dr. Setlow is the former Chairperson of the NIH Recombinant DNA Molecule Advisory Committee (RAC). Her lab can found at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York.

Cloning of the Adeno-Associated Virus.- Transformation in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas Reinhardii.- Vectors for Expressing Open Reading Frame DNA in Escherichia Coli Using lacZ Gene Fusions.- An Enigma of the Leghemoglobin Genes.- Yeast Transposons.- Rearrangement and Activation of C-MYC Oncogene by Chromosome Translocation in B Cell Neoplasias.- Screening for and Characterizing Restriction Endonucleases.- Molecular Studies of Mouse Chromsome 17 and the T Complex.- Use of Synthetic Oligonucleotide Hybridization Probes for the Characterization and Isolation of Cloned DNAs.- Hybridization of Somatic Plant Cells: Genetic Analysis.- Genetic Analysis of Cytoskeletal Protein Function in Yeast.- Use of Gene Fusions to Study Biological Problems.- The Use of the Ti Plasmid of Agrobacterium to Study the Transfer and Expression of Foreign DNA in Plant Cells: New Vectors and Methods.- Analysis of Eukaryotic Control Proteins at Their Recognition Sequences by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy.- The Mass Culture of a Thermophilic Spirulina in the Desert.- DNA-Mediated Gene Transfer in Mammalian Gene Cloning.