Mobile Genetic Elements

Mobile Genetic Elements: Protocols and Genomic Applications (Methods in Molecular Biology)
by Wolfgang J. Miller (Editor), Pierre Capy (Editor)

Product Details
* Hardcover: 300 pages
* Publisher: Humana Press (April 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1588290077
* ISBN-13: 978-1588290076

Book Description:
Transposable elements (TEs), DNA sequences that can move from one chromosome location to another, are found in all living organisms. Here experts take you step-by-step through their most successful transposon-based protocols and strategies for studying genome structure, function and evolution. Such TE-derived techniques have been used for a variety of purposes, ranging from mutagenesis, gene slicing, transgenesis, and polymorphic marker systems. These readily-reproducible techniques cover a broad range, including mutagenesis, transgenesis, gene slicing, and molecular systematics. In particular, there are a series of DNA hybridisation methods for analysing the distribution and dynamics of mobile DNA at the host’s genomic level, techniques for studying LTR retrotransposons in heterologous host systems and mutagenesis protocols for investigating gene functions in a broad range of organisms.

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