Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology

Contents: 1. The cell. 2. Cell wall. 3. Plasma membrane cell membrane biomembrane. 4. Cytoskeleton. 5. Mitochondria. 6. Plastids. 7. Golgi body or golgi complex. 8. Microbodies. 9. Endoplasmic reticulum. 10. Ribosomes. 11. Nucleus. 12. Vacuoles. 13. Cell cycle. 14. Apoptosis/programmed cell death. 15. Karyotype evolution. 16. Chromosomes. 17. Packaging of genetic material. 18. Transcription in prokaryotes. 19. Transcription in Eukaryotes. 20. Translation in prokaryotes. 21. Translation in Eukaryotes. 22. Gene expression. 23. Regulation of gene activity/operon concept. 24. Regulation of gene expression in Eukaryotes. 25. DNA damage and repair. 26. Transposable genetic elements jumping or mobile gene. 27. Transposon mediated gene tagging. 28. Protein targeting and sorting. 29. Protein profiling. 30. Genomics. 31. Gene mapping. 32. Organelle genome. 33. Genetic code. 34. C-Value paradox and cot analysis. 35. DNA sequencing. 36. Gel electrophoresis. 37. Southern blotting technique. 38. Northern blotting technique. 39. Western blotting technique. 40. Dot blot technique. 41. Fluorescent in Situ hybridization fish and genomic in Situ hybridization GISH. 42. In Situ hybridization. 43. Flow cytometry. 44. High throughput sequencing. 45. Microarray. 46. Chromosome walking. Glossary. References. Subject Index. The objective of this book is to make the fundamental concepts of cytogenetics and Molecular biology and to give an update account of the relevant topics. The topics have been carefully chosen to help students achieve learning objective. Many special features are included to make the book user friendly. Based on our own experiences in teaching cyto-genetics and Molecular Biology, they have been implemented and found to be effective in the classroom. Special attempt has been to make the book useful for undergraduate and post-graduate students of Indian Universities. In addition it will be useful for all those wishing to update their knowledge.(jacket)