Plant Chromosome Engineering Methods and Protocols

With an increasing human population and a decreasing amount of arable land, creative improvements in agriculture will be a necessity in the coming decades to maintain or improve the standard of living. In Plant Chromosome Engineering: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers present techniques for...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Birchler, James A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana Press 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:Methods in Molecular Biology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Recent Advances in Plant Transformation
  • Engineering the Plastid Genome of Nicotiana sylvestris, a Diploid Model Species for Plastid Genetics
  • Homologous Recombination in Plants: An Anti-Review
  • Chromosome Painting for Plant Biotechnology
  • Plant B Chromosomes
  • Telomere Truncation in Plants
  • Engineered Plant Minichromosomes
  • Method for Bxb1-Mediated Site-Specific Integration In planta
  • Targeted Mutagenesis in Arabidopsis Using Zinc Finger Nucleases
  • Vectors and Methods for Hairpin RNA and Artificial microRNA-Mediated Gene Silencing in Plants
  • Recombinant Protein Expression in Nicotiana
  • Chromosome Analysis and Sorting Using Flow Cytometry
  • Super-Stretched Pachytene Chromosomes for Plant Molecular Cytogenetic Mapping
  • Cytological Dissection of the Triticeae Chromosomes by the Gametocidal System
  • Development and Use of Oat-Maize Chromosome Additions and Radiation Hybrids
  • Enhancer Trapping in Plants
  • Chromatin Beacons: Global Sampling of Chromatin Physical Properties Using Chromatin Charting Lines
  • Transposable Elements as Catalysts for Chromosome Rearrangements