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.

DNA Methylases.- Advances in Direct Gene Transfer into Cereals.- The Copy Number Control System of the 2 ?m Circle Plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.- The Application of Antisense RNA Technology to Plants.- The Pathogenesis-Related Proteins of Plants.- The Molecular Genetics of Plasmid Partition: Special Vector Systems for the Analysis of Plasmid Partition.- DNA-Mediated Transformation of Phytopathogenic Fungi.- Fate of Foreign DNA Introduced to Plant Cells.- Generation of cDNA Probes by Reverse Translation of Amino Acid Sequence.- Molecular Genetics of Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants.- Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis.