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Author:   T. S. Okada (President of the Okazak, President of the Okazak, National Research Institutes, Japan)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780198542810

ISBN 10:   019854281
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   03 October 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Are dormant genes in differentiated cells activated?; Does change in differentiated cell phenotypes occur in normal development?; Examples of transdifferentiation among single or related cell classes; Re-evaluation of classical examples of metaplasia and some related systems; Does transdifferentiation occur in regeneration?; Transdifferentiation in cell culture conditions; Factors influencing transdifferentiation; Characteristics of the transdifferentiation process; References.

Reviews

'he gives a comprehensive, critical and fair account of the different systems where this mechanism has been advanced' Jeremy Brockes, Trends in Genetics, March 1992 (87) Volume 8 No. 3 'his is an interesting and timely review ... The book is well-referenced with a thirty seven page bibliography.' Aslib Book Guide, Volume 57, No. 2, February 1992 'This readable and interesting book ... offers reasonable value, guides you and gives you some food for thought on the journey.' Norman Maclean, University of Southampton, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Volume 17 No. 8, August 1992 'This monograph is an outstanding comprehensive review on transdifferentiation and should be recommended to biologists, biochemists and molecular geneticists interested in cell differentiation.' Anticancer Research 12: (1992)

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