DNA Technology : the Awesome Skill. by Alcamo, I. Edward

Table of Contents: “…The Agricultural Revolution; Chapter 11. Transgenic Animals; Chapter 12. The Human Genome Project; Index.…”
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Agriculture and food production

Table of Contents: “…Plant antifungal peptides and their use in transgenic food crops; Chapter 7. Clustered metabolic pathway genes in filamentous fungi.…”
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Recent advances in polyphenol research. Volume 5

Table of Contents: “…3.8 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4 A Proteomic-Based Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Monolignol Biosynthetic Protein Abundance and Lignin Content Using Transgenic Populus trichocarpa ; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Results; 4.2.1 Production of transgenic trees downregulated for genes in monolignol biosynthesis; 4.2.2 Absolute quantification of protein abundance; 4.2.3 Variation in protein abundance in wild-type and transgenic plants ; 4.2.4 Variation in lignin content; 4.2.5 Relationship of lignin content and protein abundance; 4.3 Discussion.…”
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Pharmaceutical biotechnology : drug discovery and clinical applications.

Table of Contents: “…4.5 Fast and Scalable Transient Tobacco-Based Expression Systems4.6 Conclusion; 5 Production of Biopharmaceuticals in Transgenic Animals; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Sites of Production; 5.3 Transgenic Constructs; 5.4 Methods for the Production of Transgenic Animals; 5.5 Analysis of Transgenic Animals; 5.6 Quality and Safety of the Product; 5.7 Conclusions and Outlook; 6 Translation of New Technologies in Biomedicines: Shaping the Road from Basic Research to Drug Development and Clinical Application -- and Back Again; 6.1 Drug Discovery and Development; 6.2 The Nature of Models and the Need for Them.…”
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Redesigning animal agriculture : the challenge of the 21st century

Table of Contents: “…Transforming livestock with transgenics: is designed resistance to viral diseases the way forward? …”
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Genetics, genomics and breeding of maize

Table of Contents: “…Future maize hybrid development : breeding with assistance of molecular and genomics technologies and transgenics / Mei Guo and Mark Cooper.…”
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The sugar industry and cotton crops

Table of Contents: “…Application of nano-and ultrafiltration in sugar industry -- Reclamation of wasteland for cultivation of cotton crop through application of pond ash and its leachate -- Plant cell wall derived sugars as substrates for fungi and industry -- Cotton fibre grading and classification methods -- Protein analysis of abiotic and biotic stress response during cotton vegetative growth -- Sugar in Hawaii: the potential for sugar cane ethanol in reducing energy dependence -- Transgenic sugar beet -- Interactions between cotton crops and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) -- Economics of management zone delineation in cotton precision agriculture: a multi-year analysis -- The sugar industry.…”
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Plant Breeding Reviews. by Janick, Jules

Table of Contents: “…World Vegetable Production; II. Case for Transgenic Vegetables; III. Case Studies; IV. GM Vegetables and Integrated Pest Management; V. …”
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Pristionchus pacificus : a nematode model for comparative and evolutionary biology

Table of Contents: “…The laboratory model : genetics, genetic mapping and transgenics / Laura Aurilio and Jagan Srinivasan -- 6. …”
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Engineering the Farm : the Social and Ethical Aspects of Agricultural Biotechnology. by Bailey, Britt

Table of Contents: “…About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Ackowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: GMOs, Luddites, and Concerned Citizens -- Ch 1: Ethical Issues Involving the Production, Planting, and Distribution of Genetically Modified Crops -- Ch 2: Why Foor Biotechnology Needs and Opt Out -- Ch 3: A Naturalist Looks at agriculture Biotechnology -- Ch 4: When Transgenes Wander, Should We Worry? -- Ch 5: Patents, Plants, and People: The Need for a New Ethical Paradigm -- Ch 6: Taking Seriously the Claim that Genetic Engineering Could End Hunger: A Critical Analysis.…”
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Molecular biotechnology : principles and applications of recombinant DNA by Glick, Bernard R.

Table of Contents: “…The development of molecular biotechnology -- DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis -- Recombinant DNA technology -- Chemical synthesis, amplification, and sequencing of DNA -- Bioinformatics, genomics, and proteomics -- Manipulation of gene expression in prokaryotes -- Heterologous protein production in eukaryotic cells -- Directed mutagenesis and protein engineering -- Molecular diagnostics -- Protein therapeutics -- Nucleic acids as therapeutic agents -- Vaccines -- Synthesis of commercial products by recombinant microorganisms -- Bioremediation and biomass utilization -- Plant growth-promoting bacteria -- Microbial insecticides -- Large-scale production of proteins from recombinant microorganisms -- Genetic engineering of plants : methodology -- Engineering plants to overcome biotic and abiotic stress -- Engineering plant quality and proteins -- Transgenic animals -- Regulating the use of biotechnology -- Societal issues in biotechnology.…”

Synthetic : how life got made by Roosth, Sophia

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Analysis : synthesis -- Interlude 1: Plastic fantastic -- Life by design : evolution and creation tales in synthetic biology -- Interlude 2: From still life to more intense life -- The synthetic kingdom : transgenic kinship in the postgenomic era -- Interlude 3: To make an eye, a hair, a leaf -- The rebirth of the author : new life in legal and economic circuits -- Interlude 4: Much more than human -- Biotechnical agnosticism : fragmented life and labor among the machines -- Interlude 5: What comes before -- Life makes itself at home : the rise of biohacking as political action -- Interlude 6: Life embryonic and prophetic -- Latter-day Lazarus : biological salvage and species revival -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: A note on method.…”
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The public, the media and agricultural biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Kolodinsky -- What do Brazilians think about transgenics? / L. Massarani and I. de Castro Moreira -- Where do science debates come from? …”
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A biology for development by Gros, François, 1925-

Table of Contents: “…Agriculture ; Nutrition ; Feeding Mankind ; The Challenges of Malnutrition ; Transgenic Plants (Data, Hopes, and Fears) -- II. 3. …”
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Pest Management Within the Environment : Challenges for Agronomists, Ecologists, Economists and Policymakers. by Wajnberg, Eric

Table of Contents: “….); 5.7 Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 6 Effects of Transgenic Crops on the Environment.…”
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Sugarcane : physiology, biochemistry, and functional biology

Table of Contents: “…Sugarcane: the crop, the plant, and domestication -- Anatomy and morphology -- Developmental stages (phenology) -- Ripening and postharvest deterioration -- Mineral nutrition of sugarcane -- Photosynthesis in sugarcane -- Respiration as a competitive sink for sucrose accumulation in sugarcane culm: perspectives and open questions -- Nitrogen physiology of sugarcane -- Water relations and cell expansion of storage tissue -- Water, transpiration, and gas exchange -- Transport proteins in plant growth and development -- Phloem transport of resources -- Cell walls: structure and biogenesis -- Hormones and growth regulators -- Flowering -- Stress physiology: abiotic stresses -- Mechanisms of resistance to pests and pathogens in sugarcane and related crop species -- Source and sink physiology -- Biomass and bioenergy -- Crop models -- Sugarcane yields and yield-limiting processes -- Systems biology and metabolic modeling -- Sugarcane genetics and genomics -- Sugarcane biotechnology: axenic culture, gene transfer, and transgene expression.…”
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Research objects in their technological setting

Table of Contents: “…7 Long live play: The PlayStation Network and technogenic life8 A biography of a disorder that didn't want to be diagnosed; 9 The plasticity and recalcitrance of wetlands; 10 The life and times of transgenics; 11 Cardboard: Thinking the box; PART III Multiple temporalities; 12 The multiple signatures of carbon; 13 Monitoring and remediating a garbage patch; 14 Polar ice cores: Climate change messengers; 15 Nuclear waste: An untreatable technoscientific product; 16 Biography of a 'sand heap': Staging the beginnings of nature; Index…”
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Seeing animals after Derrida

Table of Contents: “…Cannella -- Be/holding each other : transgenic invisibilities, anomaly, and subjectivity in the GFP bunny project / Malin Palani -- Becoming animal and the two meanings of animality : a Derridean reading of black swan / Rodolfo Piskorski -- Approaching apocalypse : the typology of animals in Nicola Barker's in the approaches / James Tink.…”
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Renewable polymers : synthesis, processing, and technology

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter -- Polymers from Renewable Resources / V Mittal -- Design, Synthesis, Property, and Application of Plant Oil Polymers / Keshar Prasain, Duy H Hua -- Advances in Acid Mediated Polymerizations / Stewart P Lewis, Robert T Mathers -- Olive Oil Wastewater as a Renewable Resource for Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates / Francesco Valentino, Marianna Villano, Lorenzo Bertin, Mario Beccari, Mauro Majone -- Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) for Production of Polymers from Renewable Resources / Kattimuttathu I Suresh -- Renewable Polymers in Transgenic Crop Plants / Tina Hausmann, Inge Broer -- Polyesters, Polycarbonates and Polyamides Based on Renewable Resources / Bart A J Noordover -- Succinic Acid: Synthesis of Biobased Polymers from Renewable Resources / Stephan Kabasci, Inna Bretz -- 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Based Polymers / Ananda S Amarasekara -- Natural Polymers--A Boon for Drug Delivery / Rajesh N, Uma N, Valluru Ravi -- Index -- Also of Interest.…”
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The ethics of animal research : exploring the controversy

Table of Contents: “…The ethics of animal research: an overview of the debate -- Animal research: ethical and scientific starting points -- Ethics and animal research -- The evolutionary basis for animal research -- Bringing moral theory to bear on animal research -- Defending animal research: an international perspective -- Animal experimentation, marginal cases, and the significance of suffering -- Lives in the balance: utilitarianism and animal research -- Empty cages: animal rights and vivisection -- Virtue, vice, and vivisection -- Contractarianism, animals, and risk -- The ethics of animal research in the new era of biotechnology -- Ethical issues concerning transgenic animals in biomedical research -- Casuistry and the moral continuum: valuating animal biotechnology -- Making progress in the debate: alternative paths forward -- Debating the value of animal research -- The commonsense case against animal experimentation -- Rational engagement, emotional response, and the prospects for moral progress in animal use "debates" -- Animal rights advocacy and modern medicine: the charge of hypocrisy -- We're all animals: a feminist treatment of the moral limits of nonhuman animal research.…”
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Animal Ethics for Veterinarians. by Linzey, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…The Morality of the Reptile "Pet" Trade; Animals in Research; 13. Transgenic Animals, Biomedical Experiments, and "Progress"; 14. …”
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Alien species and evolution : the evolutionary ecology of exotic plants, animals, microbes, and interacting native species by Cox, George W., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Processes of evolutionary change and adaptation -- Hybridization and evolution of exotics -- Hybridization and transgenic organisms -- Invasion resistance of native communities -- Adaptation of alien species to new habitats -- pt. …”
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The ethics of animal research : exploring the controversy

Table of Contents: “…The ethics of animal research: an overview of the debate -- Animal research: ethical and scientific starting points -- Ethics and animal research -- The evolutionary basis for animal research -- Bringing moral theory to bear on animal research -- Defending animal research: an international perspective -- Animal experimentation, marginal cases, and the significance of suffering -- Lives in the balance: utilitarianism and animal research -- Empty cages: animal rights and vivisection -- Virtue, vice, and vivisection -- Contractarianism, animals, and risk -- The ethics of animal research in the new era of biotechnology -- Ethical issues concerning transgenic animals in biomedical research -- Casuistry and the moral continuum: valuating animal biotechnology -- Making progress in the debate: alternative paths forward -- Debating the value of animal research -- The commonsense case against animal experimentation -- Rational engagement, emotional response, and the prospects for moral progress in animal use "debates" -- Animal rights advocacy and modern medicine: the charge of hypocrisy -- We're all animals: a feminist treatment of the moral limits of nonhuman animal research.…”
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Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 2, A Case Study of BT Cotton in Brazil. by Hilbeck, A.

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Contributors; Series Foreword; Preface; 1 Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Risk Assessment through the Case Study of Bt Cotton in Brazil; 2 The Cotton Agricultural Context in Brazil; 3 Consideration of Problem Formulation and Option Assessment for Bt Cotton in Brazil; 4 Transgene Expression and Locus Structure of Bt Cotton; 5 Methodology to Support Non-Target and Biodiversity Risk Assessment; 6 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts on Non-Target Herbivorous Pests; 7 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts on Pollinators and Flower-Visiting Insects.…”
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Opportunities in the Nutrition and Food Sciences : Research Challenges and the Next Generation of Investigators. by Earl, Robert O.

Table of Contents: “…""Iron Metabolism and Regulation""""Transferrin and the Transferrin Receptor""; ""Regulation of Iron Storage as Ferritin""; ""TECHNOLOGIES CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN NUTRITION SCIENCE""; ""Genetics""; ""Manipulation of the Mammalian Genome""; ""Why transgenes are useful Transgenes have two key uses""; ""Approaches to Analysis of Multifactorial Traits""; ""Identification, Isolation, and Tracking of Specific Cell Types""; ""Monoclonal Antibodies""; ""Visualization""; ""Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting""; ""Cell and Tissue Culture Systems""; ""Immortalization of Cells""…”
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Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering. by Gupta, P. K.

Table of Contents: “…Hybridoma and Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs) -- Transfection Methods and Transgenic Animals -- Animal and Human Genomics : Molecular Maps and Genome Sequences…”
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Frog pond philosophy : essays on the relationship between humans and nature by Donnelley, Strachan

Table of Contents: “…Frog Pond Philosophy -- Intelligent Design and the Matter of Matter -- Kansas on My Mind -- Scientists' Public Responsibilities -- Bottom Lines and the Earth's Future -- Transgenic Animals and Wild Nature : A Landscape of Moral Ecology -- III. …”
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Target Validation in Drug Discovery. by Metcalf, Brian W.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1 Generation of Transgenic Animals; Chapter 2 Target Validation in Chemogenomics; Chapter 3 Cetuximab (Erbitux®), An Anti-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibody for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer; Chapter 4 Monoclonal Antibody to HER-2 in Breast Cancer; Chapter 5 Validation of TNF as a Drug Target in Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Chapter 6 Anti-CCL-2/MCP-1: Directed Biologicals for Inflammatory and Malignant Diseases; Chapter 7 Targeting IL-12p40 for Immune-Mediated Disease.…”
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Molecular pharming : applications, challenges, and emerging areas

Table of Contents: “…Plant-Produced Antibodies and Post-Translational Modification / Andreas Loos, Herta Steinkellner -- Molecular Pharming / Qiang Chen, Matthew Dent, Hugh Mason -- Transgenic Rice for the Production of Recombinant Pharmaceutical Proteins / Daichang Yang, Jiquan Ou, Jingni Shi, Zhibin Guo, Bo Shi, Naghmeh Abiri -- Enzymes for Industrial and Pharmaceutical Applications -- From Individual to Population Level Impact / Elizabeth E Hood, Carole L Cramer -- Regulatory Issues. …”
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An introduction to ethical, safety and intellectual property rights issues in biotechnology by Nambisan, Padma

Table of Contents: “…2.2.4.3 Creation of transgenic livestock for production of nutraceuticals2.2.4.4 Derivation of stem cells for cell-based therapies (therapeutic cloning); 2.2.4.5 Production of transgenic animals for xenotransplantation; 2.2.4.6 Models for understanding aging and cancer; 2.2.4.7 Conservation of rare breeds; 2.2.4.8 Cloning for companionship and entertainment; 2.2.5 Ethical Issues in Cloning Animals; 2.2.5.1 Pain and suffering experienced by the animals during the cloning process; 2.2.5.2 The effect of the cloned animals on other populations of animals.…”
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Molecular plant immunity

Table of Contents: “…Collinge -- Introduction -- Targets for second generation transgenic strategies for resistance -- Hormones -- Defense modulation -- Transcription factors -- Promoters for transgenic disease resistance -- Implementation of transgenic resistance in the field -- Why choose a transgenic approach? …”
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The Neurology of AIDS. by Gendelman, Howard E.

Table of Contents: “…5.1 Simian Immunodeficiency Virus5. 2 Feline Immunodeficiency Virus; 5.3 Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus and Visna; 5.4 Transgenics; 5.5 Murine Models for NeuroAIDS; 5.6 Simian Immunodeficiency Virus and Opiates; 5.7 SIV and FIV Models of Peripheral Neuropathy; 5.8 Animal Models and Bioimaging; SECTION 6 PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES IN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS; 6.1 HIV and My Mental Health -- A Personal Reflection; 6.2 Fear and Loathing in HIV Mental Health Care; 6.3 Memories; 6.4 HIV Dementia: A Patient's Perspective. …”
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Inhibin, activin, and follistatin in human reproductive physiology

Table of Contents: “…Mathews -- ch. 11. Transgenic mouse models to study inhibin and activin / T.M. …”
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Integrated pest management : potential, constraints and challenges

Table of Contents: “…Gut [and others] -- 6. Transgenic Insecticidal Cultivars in IPM : Challenges and Opportunities / Julio S. …”
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Orchid Biotechnology II.

Table of Contents: “…Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Phalaenopsis species -- Endopolyploidy in Phalaenopsis orchids and its application in polyploid breeding -- Growth responses and changes of active components as influenced by elevations and orchid Mycorrhizae on Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata -- A practical method for monitoring the fertility of sphagnum moss during Phalaenopsis cultivation -- Compositional variation in the polysaccharides of the pseudobulb of Oncidium Gower Ramsey during different stages of inflorescence development -- Coloration and color patterning in floral tissues of Oncidium Gower Ramsey -- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of pigments in Phalaenopsis species -- Biosynthetic pathway of pigments in Phalaenopsis species -- Biosynthetic regulation of floral scent in Phalaenopsis -- Warm- and cool-night temperatures alter carbon dioxide fixation pattern and biochemical metabolism in Phalaenopsis aphrodite -- Flower development in the Oncidium orchid -- The relationship between ethylene and orchid ovule development -- The application of the chloroplast genome of Oncidium in plant identification and breeding in Oncidiinae -- Analysis of chloroplast RNA editing sites in Phalaenopsis aphrodite -- Molecular characterization of the early response of orchid Phalaenopsis amabilis to Erwinia chrysanthemi infection -- Identification and characterization of new Phalaenopsis orchid-infecting viruses -- What we have learned from studies of the differential movement mechanism of Cymbidium mosaic virus -- Transgenic protection against virus infection in orchids.…”
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Dopamine-glutamate interactions in the basal ganglia

Table of Contents: “…Dopaminergic modulation of glutamatergic synaptic plasticity in striatal circuits : new insights from BAC-transgenic mice / D. James Surmeier [and others] -- ch. 6. …”
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Economic and social issues in agricultural biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Robinson -- Smallholders, Transgenic Varieties and Production Efficiency : the Case of Cotton Farmers in China / J. …”
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Handbook of vegetables and vegetable processing

Table of Contents: “…Phenolic CompoundsPhenolic Acids; Flavonoids; Coumarins; Lignans; Lignins; Tannins; Alkaloids; Sulfur-Containing Compounds; Glucosinolates; Alkyl Cysteine Sulfoxides; Diallyl Sulfides (DAS); Dithiolethiones; Antioxidants; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Application of Genetic Engineering in Vegetable Crops; Introduction; Genetic Engineering; Abiotic Stress Tolerance Improvement; Drought Resistance; Salinity Resistance; Cold Resistance; Insect Resistance; Prerequisite for Transgenic Technologies; Current Status of Transgenic Technologies; End-Product Quality Improvement.…”
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Genetically modified organisms in food : production, safety, regulation and public health by Watson, Ronald R. (Ronald Ross), Preedy, Victor R.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Section I Development, Testing and Safety of Plant and Animal GMO foods -- 1.Soybean as a Food Source: Comparative Studies Focusing on Transgenic and Nontransgenic Soybean / R.A. Azevedo -- Introduction -- Some Comments about Transgenic Soybeans -- The Necessity of Using an Herbicide -- Genetic Modification of Soybean -- Glyphosate Resistance -- A Brief History of the Transgenic Soybean in Brazil -- Comparative Studies Involving Transgenic and Nontransgenic Soybean Seeds or Plants -- Bioaccessibility Studies -- Enzymes Involved in the Oxidative Stress -- Metabolites and (Metallo)proteins -- Trends -- Conclusions -- References -- 2.Genetically Modified Crops: Biosafety Regulations and Detection Strategies / Dawei Li -- Introduction -- Biosafety Measurement -- Labeling Issues -- Bt Gene and Stacked Traits -- Detection Strategies -- PCR and Real-Time PCR -- Biosensors -- Protein-Based Detection -- Immunoassays -- Immunostrip -- Immuno-PCR -- ^…”
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The OMICs : Applications in Neuroscience.

Table of Contents: “…Cellomics: Characterization of Neural Subtypes by High-Throughput Methods and Transgenic Mouse Models; 12. Neuroscience and Metabolomics; 13. …”
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