Biomass conversion research is a combination of basic science, applied science, and engineering testing and analysis. In Biomass Conversion: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field detail methods which are now commonly used to study biomass conversion.
Transposable elements are used as genetic tools for dissecting the function of a specific gene and elaborating on mechanisms leading to genetic change and diversity, and the evolutionary impact of mobile DNA on the biology and evolution of organism.
Today, cells are commonly analyzed en masse, with thousands of cells per sample, yielding results on the average response of the cells.
Investigations involving incisive mechanistic dissection of various types of synaptic plasticity have revealed that it plays key roles in neural development, sensory information processing, cortical remapping following brain injury, perception, and behavioral learning and memory.
In Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Thirty-First Symposium, leading researchers from academia, industry, and government offer surveys and reviews of their cutting-edge research and latest applications in the production of fuels and chemicals through biotechnology.
This book focuses on methods for human clinical practice. It examines assays that are of established or potential clinical utility and are likely to be included in the repertoire of tests provided by a routine diagnostic and service laboratory.
This volume includes detailed techniques to examine mRNAs, small non-coding RNAs, protein-associated small RNAs, sulfur-containing RNAs, viral and satellite... Læs mere
The development of the hybridoma technology created the possibility to obtain unlimited amounts of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) with high specificity and affinity for any target and to introduce mAbs in a wide range of applications;
Ribozymes details protocols and techniques commonly used to study individual ribozymes and their characterizations. Chapters include introductions to their respective... Læs mere
Population genomics is a recently emerged discipline, which aims at understanding how evolutionary processes influence genetic variation across genomes.
As ever more petabytes of information are added to biological databases such as that for the human genome, this new volume in the Methods in Molecular Biology series explains how to convert the deluge of fresh data into new knowledge and biological insight.
In Liver Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers focus on several hepatic progenitor cells, hepatic differentiation form stem cells, bile ductal... Læs mere