Nucleic acids genes and

Since the emphasis in this chapter is on proteins, peptides, and enzymes, the discu.ssion of biotechnology processes and products is limited to these topics. The various biotechnol-ogy-derived products include enzymes, receptors, hormones and growth factors, cytokines, vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and nucleic acids (genes and antisense RNA). 

Appendix 2 Cells, Nucleic Acids, Genes and Proteins... 

Viruses are infectious particles formed by nucleic acid, proteins, and in some cases lipids. As viruses (for example, retro- and adenoviruses) transfer viral genes into cells with high efficiency, modified forms are sometimes used as vectors for gene transfer. However, procedures using virus-based vectors are often significantly more complicated and time-consuming than other transfection methods. In addition, viral vectors are potentially hazardous, and biological safety issues need to be considered carefully. Therefore, techniques that combine... 

This company founded in 1994, is a contract molecular biology and screening service company for the pharmaceutical, research, and clinical markets worldwide. Custom services include gene synthesis, DNA sequencing, site-directed mutagenesis, nucleic acid purification, and genotype/genetic analysis. 

Nucleic acid structures and sequences primary and secondary structure of DNA fragments, translocation of genes between two chromosomes, detection of nucleic acid hybridization, formation of hairpin structures (see Box 9.4), interaction with drugs, DNA triple helix, DNA-protein interaction, automated DNA sequencing, etc. 

For a given gene, the corresponding mRNA is complementary to (matches the base pairing of) the strand of the DNA where the information in the gene is stored. The conventions on nucleic acid nomenclature, nucleic acid structure, and the Wat-son-Crick rules for complementary base-pairing are given in Chapter 3. 

Berg, Jeremy M., Metal-Binding Domains in Nucleic Acid-Binding and Gene-... 

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