Genetics and Genomics: Vol 60 (Methods in Cell Biology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0122121724 ISBN 13: 9780122121722

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 1998

Synopsis

This is the second volume of a two-volume, comprehensive treatment of the methodologies used in researching the zebrafish, an emerging vertebrate model system. The text includes discussions on development, genetic methodologies, and model applications.

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Review:

"There is no doubt that this volume will provide an essential reference for those researchers who wish to embark on genetic studies in zebrafish." -- TRENDS IN GENETICS ..."an essential purchase for any lab using or contemplating the zebrafish as a model system." -- TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

About the Author:

Professor of Biochemistry and Marine Biology at Northeastern University, promoted 1996. Joined Northeastern faculty in 1987. Previously a faculty member in Dept. of Biochemistry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, 1983-1987.Principal Investigator in the U.S. Antarctic Program since 1984. Twelve field seasons "on the ice" since 1981. Research conducted at Palmer Station, Antarctica, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica.Research areas: Biochemical, cellular, and physiological adaptation to low and high temperatures. Structure and function of cytoplasmic microtubules and microtubule-dependent motors from cold-adapted Antarctic fishes. Regulation of tubulin and globin gene expression in zebrafish and Antarctic fishes. Role of microtubules in morphogenesis of the zebrafish embryo. Developmental hemapoiesis in zebrafish and Antarctic fishes. UV-induced DNA damage and repair in Antarctic marine organisms. Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital / HHMI, Boston, MA, USA Professor, Department of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0122121724
• ISBN 13: 9780122121722
• Binding: Plastic Comb
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Detrich William H., Etc., Zon Leonard I., Westerfield Monte