Genetic Manipulation: Impact on Man and Society

by Edited by Werner Arber , Karl Illmensee , W. James Peacock , Peter Starlinger

• ISBN13: 9780521264174
• ISBN10: 0521264170
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1984-05-25
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Twenty-three papers review recent advances in experimental studies on microorganisms, plants and animals. They are taken from a symposium organized at Cologne University, in April 1983 by the Committee on Genetic Experimentation (COGENE), a scientific committee of the International Council of Scientific Unions.

Table of Contents

Speakers and editors

Preface

The committe on genetic experimentation

The international council of scientific unions

The ICSU Press

Acknowledgements

Part I. Micro-Organisms: 1. Natural mechanisms of microbial evolution Werner Arber

2. Transitory recombination between phage and plasmid genomes S. D. Ehrlich, M. Dagert, S. Romac and B. Michel

3. Survival of plasmids in escherichia coli S. B. Levy

4. Gene cloning and bacterial pathogenicity W. Goebel, J. Hacker, C. Hughes, S. Knapp, H. Hof, D. Muller, A. Juarez and J. Kreft

5. Selective evolution of genes for enhanced degradation of persistent, toxic chemicals A. M. Chakrabarty, J. S. Karns, J. J. Kilbane and D. K. Chatterjee

6. Deliberate release of microorganisms for insect control P. Luthy, H. M. Fischer and R. Hutter

Part II. Gene Expression in Plants: 7. Isolation of transposable elements in maize P. Starlinger, U. Courage-Tebbe, H. P. Doring, W. B. Frommer, K. Theres, E. Tillmann, E. Weck and W. Werr

8. E. coli - A. Tumefaciens shuttle vectors G. E. Riedel and D. A. Austen

9. Ti plasmids as experimental gene vectors for plants J. Schell, M. Van Montagu, M. Holsters, P. Zambryski, H. Joos, D. Inze, L. Herrera-Estrella, A. Depicker, M. De Block, A. Caplan, P. Dhaese, E. Van Haute, J. P. Hernalsteens, H. De Greve, J. Leemans, R. Deblaere, L. Willmitzer, J. Schroder and L. Otten

10. Variability in tissue-culture derived plants H. Lorz

Part III. Strategies in the Improvement of Plants: 11. Gene transfer in maize: controlling elements and the alcohol dehydrogenase genes W. J. Peacock, E. S. Dennis, W. L. Gerlach, D. Llewellyn, H. Lorz, A. J. Pryor, M. M. Sachs, D. Schwartz and W. D. Sutton

12. Potato - a first crop improvement by the application of microbiological techniques? G. Wenzel, H. Uhrig and W. Burgermeister

13. Long-term goals in agricultural plant improvement P. R. Day

14. Global activities in plant genetic resources conservation J. T. Williams

15. Genetic perspectives of germplasm conservation O. H. Frankel

Part IV. Manipulation of the Mammalian Germ Line: 16. Sequence organization of the vertebrate genome G. Bernardi

17. Genetic manipulation of drosophila with transposable P elements A. Spradling, B. Wakimoto, S. Parks, J. Levine, L. Kalfayan and D. de Cicco

18. Making a bigger mouse R. D. Palmiter and R. L. Brinster

19. Retroviruses and mammalian development R. Jaenisch

20. Chromosome translocations and oncogene activation in burkett lymphoma C. M. Croce

21. Oncogenic transformation activates cellular genes P. W. J. Rigby, P. M. Brickell, D. S. Latchman, D. Murphy, K. H. Westphal and M. R. D. Scott

22. Problems of genetic engineering in animal breeding G. F. Stranzinger

23. In vitro fertilization nd embryo transfer: implications for genetic engineering T. L. A. Hunlich, S. Trotnow and T. Kniewald

Subject index.