A Guide on Objective Biotechnology

Contents Preface 1 Basics cell biology biochemistry physiology 2 Genomes and genome mapping 3 Organelle genomes 4 Chromatin 5 Nucleic acid structure 6 Replication 7 Gene 8 Transcription 9 RNA processing 10 Genetic code 11 Translation 12 Proteins 13 Nucleic acid binding proteins 14 Recombination 15 Mutation 16 Mutagenesis and DNA repair 17 Mobile genetic elements 18 Methylation and epigenetic inheritance 19 Growth and development  20 Signal transduction 21 Plasmids 22 Restriction enzymes 23 Polymerase chain reaction PCR 24 Gene transfer in bacteria 25 Recombinant DNAmolecular cloning 26 Plant biotechnology 27 Animal biotechnology Appendices This guide is a quick review of various topics of biotechnology and clearly helps to understand key information on biotechnology from fundamental concept to advances in that subject areaKey features of this guideQuestions with key to self-test your understanding on the concepts and principles of biotechnologyQuestions with key to critically analyze the given problemconcept Additional and useful informations related to the given questions as footnotesReady reference for competitive examinations such as CSIR ICAR UGC fellowships and other entrance examinations 241 pp.…