Illuminating disease : an introduction to green fluorescent proteins / Marc Zimmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmer, Marc, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green fluorescent protein.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since scientists began experimenting with green fluorescent proteins in the middle of the 1990s, these proteins have become one of the most important tools available to researchers in modern medicine and biology. By using them to illuminate other proteins that were previously invisible even under microscope, scientists are now able to observe facets of disease that would have otherwise gone undetected. Green fluorescent proteins are a part of over three million experiments a year, and are invaluable for tasks such as tracking HIV, breeding bird flu-resistant chickens, and confirming the existe

Contents:

Cover; Illuminating Disease; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Nature's Lights; 2 Heart Disease; 3 Chagas; 4 Malaria; 5 Dengue Fever; 6 Cancer; 7 Influenza; 8 HIV/AIDS; 9 Diseases of the Brain; 10 Optogenetics; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-936283-1

0-19-936282-3