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title: Genetics and biotechnology of Bacilli: A.T. Ganesan and J.A. Hoch (Eds.): (Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Genetics and Biotechnology of Bacilli, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, July 6–8, 1983) Academic Press Inc., Orlando, FL, 1984, xviii + 421 pp. ($41.50) ISBN 0-12-274 60-9
date: 2003-01-16
journal: Gene
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(87)90076-x
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doc_id: 23605
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[ 179 authors; 48 articles. Role of retroviruses: in neoplasia, in nature. W.P. Rowe Memorial Lecture: Changing dogmas in retrovirology (J.A. Levy). Retroviruses and murine model system endogenous leukemia viruses, xenotropic retroviruses, computer age, mammary tumorigenesis, proviral genome of radiation leukemia virus, Friend leukemia cells, envelope gene, MHC, MMTV, antiviral drugs. Retroviruses and the Vertebrate Model System: oncogenes in rats, avian leukemia viruses, feline retroviruses, bovine leukemia virus, ultraviolet-induced retroviruses, susceptibilities to 2-deoxy-D-glucose, functional heterogeneity, rat sarcoma Galliera. Retroviruses and Human Pathology: HTLV viruses, retroviral genes in human reproductive tissue, AIDS, T-cell leukemia, LTRs of leukemia viruses, LAV proteins, lymphocyte immune functions, anti-,HTLV-III and anti T-cell antibodies, seroepidemiological study of LAV by ELISA in AIDS, antibodies to SAIDS, retroviruses expressed during oocyte maturation, psoriasis, human milk RNase, slow infections. Retroviruses and oncogenes: retroviruses with two oncogenes, ras oncogenes, raf oncogene, cell attachment, amplification of oncogenes, nucleotide sequence of erbA, osteosarcoma oncogene, c-myc gene, fes oncogene, myc and myb oncogenes, detection of oncogene transcripts]. [The integrated prophage (A.M. Campbell); scatology and biotechnology (S. Falkow). Chromosomal organization: ribosomal and transfer RNA genes; replication origin and terminus; membrane; gene amplification; cloning and gene fusion; Tn917 insertional mutagenens; sucrose system. Secretion: B-lactomases; levansucrase; secretion vectors; serin protease; sub&in control; cr-amylase promoter and signal peptide. Transcription: phage +29; temporally expressed promoter; lipiarmycin as inhibitor of RNA polymerase; phage SPPl as vector. Cloning: inducible promoter; thiol-activated cytolysin; chloramphenicol inducibility; stability of bifunctional plasmid; cloning in Bacilli; chromogenic detection. Synthesis of sporulation-associated products : cloning and sequence of the spooA locus (F. Ferrari and J. Hoch); amplification of sporulation genes; (84 authors; 25 articles. Sol Spiegehnan's obituary; molecular basis of gene expression (D.D. Brown). Gene expression and its regulation: SV40 enhancer; cloned alcohol dehydrogenase in Drosophila. DNA methylation and globin gene expression; histone gene transcription; control of fl-globin transcription; transcriptional enhancement; introns in murine kappa light chain genes. In vivo gene transfer and development : Drosophila ; sea urchin ; transgenic mouse; gene transfer into mice; surface receptors; nuclear transplantation; neuropeptide genes; homologous recombination in L cells. Viral gene and oncogene systems: splicing of mRNA; regulation of thymidine kinase expression; control of a genes of HSVl; early adenovirus transcription; mutational analysis of Ad5Ela gene; adenovirus VA1 RNAtranslational enhancer; early SV40 transcription; transforming genes of chicken and human B cell lymphomas ; myc oncogene).

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