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Overviews s Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stanley Maloy (Dean of the College of Sciences and Professor of Biology, San Diego State University, USA) , Kelly Hughes (Professor Ordinaire at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.)Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 24.60cm , Height: 25.90cm , Length: 31.50cm Weight: 14.320kg ISBN: 9780123749840ISBN 10: 0123749840 Pages: 4368 Publication Date: 27 February 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9780128225639 Format: Mixed media product Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsBiochemical Genetics Developmental Genetics Evolutionary/Population Genetics Genomics History/People Human/Clinical Genetics Molecular Genetics Neurogenetics Plant Genetics Yeast GeneticsReviewsThe revised version features more than 1,600 articles, representing an increase in content of approximately 25 percent over the first edition (2002),.Important updates include entries on new topics such as epigenetics and pharmacogenetics, which help provide a foundation for personalized medicine based on genome sequence.Summing Up: Recommended. --Choice Reviews Online, April 2014 Author InformationStanley Maloy is Dean of the College of Sciences and a Professor of Biology at San Diego State University. He obtained a PhD from the University of California Irvine and did postdoctoral work at the University of Utah before moving to the University of Illinois. He was also Director of the UIUC Biotechnology Center government. He was the first President of the American Society for Microbiology. Research in the Maloy lab has focused on bacterial genetics, genomics, and pathogenesis, with an emphasis on Salmonella, bacterial viruses, and emerging infectious diseases. He has also been involved in translational research projects focused on new vaccine delivery systems and nanoengineering approaches for the development of narrow spectrum antibiotics. Kelly Hughes is Professor Ordinaire at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. After receiving a BS degree from the University of California at Irvine and a PhD from the University of Utah working with John Roth and Baldomero Olivera, he joined Mel Simon's group at Caltech as a postdoctoral fellow in 1986. He was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1989 and moved up the ranks to full professor in 2001. He moved to the University of Utah in 2005 and spent 5 years in the Biology Department there before taking his current position. He was a visiting professor in Winfried Boos' lab at the University of Konstanz, Germany, in 1997-98, in Guy Cornelis' lab at the Biozentrum in Basel, Switzerland, in 2004 and in Keiichi Namba's lab at the University of Osaka in 2005 and 2007. His major research interests have focused on the biogenesis of the bacterial flagellum and coupled gene regulatory mechanisms. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |