Extracellular Nucleic Acids

Book Overview

Extracellular DNA as Matrix Component in Microbial Biofilms.- Gene Transfer Agents and Defective Bacteriophages as Sources of Extracellular Prokaryotic DNA.- Roles of Extracellular DNA in Bacterial Ecosystem.- Stable Extracellular DNA: A Novel Substrate for Genetic Engineering that Mimics Horizontal Gene Transfer in Nature.- Extracellular Nucleic Acids of the Marine Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum and Related Bacteria: Physiology and Biotechnology.- Systemic RNAi in C. elegans from the Viewpoint of RNA as Extracellular Signals.- Circulating Nucleic Acids in Health and Disease.- Circulating MicroRNAs in Cancer.- Biology and Diagnostic Applications of Cell-Free Fetal Nucleic Acids in Maternal Plasma.- The Biology of Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum (CNAPS).- Modulation and Regulation of Gene Expression by CpG Oligonucleotides.- Immune Recognition of Nucleic Acids and Their Metabolites.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642264190
• ISBN13: 9783642264191
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"