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OverviewThis book thoroughly reviews our current scientific understanding of the significant role that mobile genetic elements play in the evolution and function of genomes and organisms–from plants and animals to humans. Highly-regarded geneticist Haig Kazazian offers an accessible intellectual history of the field’s research strategies and concerns, explaining how advances opened up new questions, and how new tools and capabilities have encouraged progress in the field. Kazazian introduces the key strategies and approaches taken in leading laboratories (including his own) to gain greater insight into the large proportion of our genome that derives from mobile genetic elements, including viruses, plasmids, and transposons. He also presents intriguing insights into long-term research strategies that may lead to an even deeper understanding. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Haig H. KazazianPublisher: Pearson Education (US) Imprint: Financial TImes Prentice Hall Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9780137070626ISBN 10: 0137070624 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 07 July 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsPreface: Thoughts on Doing Science xii Chapter 1 Introduction to Mobile DNA 1 Chapter 2 Varieties of Mobile DNA 5 Chapter 3 DNA Transposons 19 Chapter 4 Mobile DNA of Model Organisms 29 Chapter 5 Exceptional Scientists Working on Mobile DNA in Lower Organisms 35 Chapter 6 Role of Bioinformatics in Genome Analysis 43 Chapter 7 The Prologue 49 Chapter 8 “Welcome to the Wonderful World of LINEs” 59 Chapter 9 An Experimental Breakthrough 73 Chapter 10 Reverse Transcriptase to the Rescue 81 Chapter 11 A Quirk of L1 Elements–A Lousy 3’ End Is Important for Genome Evolution 85 Chapter 12 A Tour de Force from Tom Eickbush 89 Chapter 13 “I don’t believe all those colonies represent retrotransposition events.” 93 Chapter 14 L1 Encodes an Endonuclease 101 Chapter 15 The Jocks 105 Chapter 16 The Mayor and the Frenchman 115 Chapter 17 Ostertag’s Coups 121 Chapter 18 The Independent Canadian 133 Chapter 19 The Musician Scientist 141 Chapter 20 Young Ladies in the Back Bay 145 Chapter 21 The Brilliant Young Lady from China 157 Chapter 22 Hiroki’s Big Surprises 163 Chapter 23 A Young Man with a Purpose 173 Chapter 24 Other Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes 179 Chapter 25 Effects of Retrotransposons on Mammalian Genomes 187 Chapter 26 Host Factors Involved in L1 Retrotransposition 201 Chapter 27 Why Mobile DNA? 207 Chapter 28 The Future of Mobile DNA Research 209 Chapter 29 Predictions for Mobile DNA 221 References 225 Glossary 249 Index 255ReviewsAuthor InformationHaig H. Kazazian, Jr. received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1959. He then attended Dartmouth Medical School, a two-year school at the time, and finished his M.D. degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. At Hopkins, he met his wife of nearly 50 years and married during his internship in Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Hospital. After two years training in Minneapolis, he returned to Johns Hopkins for a two-year fellowship in genetics with Barton Childs, M.D. He then trained for two years in molecular biology in the lab of Harvey Itano, M.D., at the NIH. After a third year of Pediatric training at Johns Hopkins, he joined the faculty there in 1969. He rose through the ranks to become a full professor in 1977, and at that time, he headed the Pediatric Genetics Unit. In 1988, he became Director of the Center for Medical Genetics at Johns Hopkins. After 25 years on the Hopkins faculty, he was recruited to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine as Chair of the Department of Genetics in 1994. At Penn, he recruited 10 young faculty to the department. In 2006, he stepped down as department chair, but remained as the Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine in Genetics until 2010. In July 2010, he returned to Johns Hopkins as a Professor in the Institute of Genetic Medicine. Dr. Kazazian is still heavily involved in molecular genetic research, concentrating for the past 20 years on mammalian and human transposable elements, or “jumping genes.” Prior to 1988, he characterized much of the variation in the cluster of genes involved in production of the beta chain of human hemoglobin. With Stuart Orkin at Harvard, his work led to the nearly complete characterization of the mutations causing the ß-thalassemias, common anemias in regions of the world endemic for malaria. Dr. Kazazian is a member of a number of national organizations, including the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received a number of honors for his research, most notably the 2008 William Allan Award, the top honor of the American Society of Human Genetics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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