Biotechnology

by Kareen Martin & Patricia Zuk

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West Los Angeles College
Subjects
Biology
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Introduction to Biotechnology
  7. 1.1: Definition and a Short History of Biotechnology
  8. 1.2: Applications of Biotechnology
  9. 1.3: Common Biotechnology Equipment
  10. 1.4: Advanced Biotechnology Equipment
  11. 2: The Molecules of Life
  12. 2.1: Water
  13. 2.2: Carbon
  14. 2.3: Macromolecules
  15. 2.4: Carbohydrates
  16. 2.5: Lipids
  17. 2.6: Proteins
  18. 2.7: Nucleic Acids
  19. 3: Molecular Biology Fundamentals
  20. 3.1: DNA Structure
  21. 3.2: Replication of DNA
  22. 3.3: Transcription of RNA
  23. 3.4: Translation of the polypeptide
  24. 3.5: Mutations and DNA Repair
  25. 4: Genetic Engineering and Recombinant DNA Technology
  26. 4.1: Principles of Genetic Engineering
  27. 4.2: Creating Recombinant DNA
  28. 4.3: Applications of Recombinant DNA Technology
  29. 5: Bioinformatics- Genomics and Proteomics
  30. 5.1: Introduction to Bioinformatics
  31. 5.2: Genomics
  32. 5.3: Genome Sequencing
  33. 5.4: Comparative Genomics
  34. 5.5: Functional Genomics
  35. 5.6: Proteomics
  36. 6: Mammalian Cell Culture Fundamentals
  37. 6.1: Principles of Mammalian Cell Culture
  38. 6.2: Principles of Aseptic Technique
  39. 6.3: Cell Culture Equipment
  40. 7: Microbial Biotechnology
  41. 7.1: Microbe classification
  42. 7.2: Microbial Identification
  43. 7.3: Microbial Cultivation and Manipulation
  44. 7.4: Industrial Applications of Microbial Biotechnology
  45. 7.5: Medical Applications of Microbial Biotechnology
  46. 8: Animal Biotechnology
  47. 8.1: Applications of Animal Biotechnology
  48. 8.2: Genetic Engineering in Animals
  49. 9: Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology – “Green” and "Gray" Biotechnology
  50. 9.1: "Green" vs. "Gray" Biotechnology
  51. 9.2: Applications of "Green" Biotechnology
  52. 9.3: Applications of "Gray" Biotechnology
  53. 9.4: Benefits of "Green" Biotechnology
  54. 10: Medical Biotechnology – “Red” Biotechnology
  55. 10.1: Principles of Medical Biotechnology
  56. 10.2: Diagnostic Biotechnology
  57. 10.3: Therapeutic Biotechnology
  58. 10.4: Regenerative Medicine
  59. 11: Industrial Biotechnology – “White” Biotechnology
  60. 11.1: Applications of Industrial Biotechnology
  61. 11.2: Bioprocess Engineering
  62. 11.3: Synthetic Biology
  63. 12: Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Biotechnology
  64. 12.1: Principles of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)
  65. 12.2: QA/QC Documentation- SOPs, Batch Records, and COAs
  66. 13: Biotechnology Lab Protocols
  67. 13.1: Lab Technique - Pipetting
  68. 13.2: Lab Technique - Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  69. 13.3: Lab Technique - Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of DNA
  70. 13.4: Lab Technique - Restriction Digest of DNA
  71. 13.5: Lab Technique - Ligation of Insert DNA into a Plasmid
  72. 13.6: Lab Technique - Bacterial Transformation
  73. 13.7: Lab Technique - Isolation of DNA from Bacteria (The "Mini-Prep")
  74. 13.8: Lab Technique - Quantitation of DNA
  75. 13.9: Lab Technique - DNA Sequencing
  76. 13.10: Lab Technique - Liposomal transfection of DNA into mammalian cells
  77. 13.11: Lab Technique - SDS-PAGE
  78. 13.12: Lab Technique - Western Blotting
  79. 13.13: Lab Technique - Cell Culture
  80. 13.14: Lab Technique - Light Microscopy
  81. 13.15: Bacterial Identification Methods
  82. 13.16: Basics of Bacterial Culture
  83. 14: Metric System and Measurements
  84. 14.1: Metric System Fundamentals
  85. Back Matter
  86. Index
  87. Glossary
  88. Detailed Licensing
  89. Detailed Licensing