CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY: BASIC CONCEPTS AND DEFII
1.1 DEFINITION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
1.2 OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
CHAPTER 2
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF GENES
2.1 GENES AND HEREDITY
2.2 THE STRUCTURE OF DNA
2.3 THE FLOW OF GENETIC INFORMATION: THE CENTRAL DOGMA
2.4 THE GENETIC CODE
2.5 THE GENE
2.6 THE ARRANGEMENT AND LAYOUT OF GENES
2.7 GENE EXPRESSION
2.8 REGULATION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTION
2.9 REGULATORY mRNA SEQUENCES
CHAPTER 3
VECTORS AND PROMOTERS
3.1 RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY - AN OVERVIEW
3.2 VECTORS
3.3 TYPES OF CLONING VECTORS
3.4 PROMOTERS
3.5 EXPRESSION VECTORS
CHAPTER 4
PLANT TRANSFORMATION AND SELECTION TECHNIQUES
4.1 PLANT TRANSFORMATION
4.2 PLANT TISSUE CULTURE
4.3 PLANT TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES
4.4 SELECTION OF SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFORMED TISSUES
4.5 SELECTABLE MARKER GENES (SMG)
4.6 MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS
4.7 APPLICATION OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS
CHAPTER 5
BIOTECHNOLOGY IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION
5.1 BIOTECHNOLOGY IN ANIMAL BREEDING AND REPRODUCTION
5.2 GENETIC MARKERS AND MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION (MAS)
5.3 TRANSGENIC ANIMALS
5.4 APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSGENIC ANIMALS
5.5 BIOTECHNOLOGY IN ANIMAL HEALTH
5.6 DNA TECHNOLOGIES IN ANIMAL NUTRITION AND GROWTH
CHAPTER 6
GENETIC ENGINEERING OF MICRO-ORGANISMS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE
6.1 INTRODUCTION
6.2 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS AS BIOPESTICIDES AND BIOFERTILIZERS
6.3 MICRO-ORGANISMS FOR ENHANCING THE USE OF ANIMAL FEEDS
6.4 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS IN FOOD PROCESSING
6.5 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS IN BIOREMEDIATION
CHAPTER 7
GMO DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION METHODS
7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.2 SAMPLING PROCEDURES
7.3 SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURES
7.4 GMO DETECTION BY PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION
7.5 MOLECULAR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF GMOs -DNA-BASED METHODS
7.6 MOLECULAR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF GMOs -PROTEIN-BASED METHODS
7.7 MOLECULAR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF GMOs -OTHER METHODS
7.8 SUMMARY OF GMO ANALYSIS: LIMITS AND OUTLOOK
ANNEX 1
GENES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE
A1.1 INTRODUCTION
A1.2 HERBICIDE TOLERANCE GENES
A1.3 RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC STRESSES
A1.4 TOLERANCE TO ABIOTIC STRESSES
A1.5 QUALITY TRAITS
A1.6 TRANSGENIC PLANTS AS BIOREACTORS FOR BIOPHARMACEUTICALS AND VACCINES