Genomics: commercial opportunities from
a scientific revolution
SCI Books from BIOS Scientific
Publishing
ISBN: 1-85996-106-1
Edited by G.K. Dixon, L.G.
Copping and D.J. Livingstone
Paperback, 234 pages
GB£35.00
Published: Jun 1998
Comprises of papers presented at the Genomics
conference held at the University of Cambridge, June 1997
Covers topical and unexplored issues relating to the commercial outcome
of the genetic revolution, of great interest to both academia and industry
Gives examples of commercial applications of genomics in medicine and
agriculture.
The availability of genome sequence infomation for prokaryotic and eukaryotic
organisms (including humans) is hailed as a scientific revolution. This
book discusses whether the revolution will yield commercial opportunities
and if so, how companies could make use of this information. Some of the
possible impacts of genomics on medicine and agriculture are also discussed.
Readership: Molecular and clinical geneticists.
Contents
- Sequencing of the human genome
- Genome projects: from microbes to Man, from sequence to function
- Comparative genomics and the sequencing of the mouse genome
- The yeast genome: systematic analysis of DNA sequence and biological
function
- Functional analysis of human genetics
- Using the mouse to sift sequence for function
- From sequence to structure
- Limitations of molecular biology in pesticide discovery
- Biopharmaceuticals in the late genomic era
- Identification of novel targets in gene sequence databases
- Microbial genomics and the discovery of new antimicrobial therapies
- Patenting of genome sequences: inventions or mere discoveries
- Using genomics to understand microbial pathogenesis
- Pharmacogenetics: principles and applications
- Impact of genomics on improving crop protection technology
- The use of gene sequences in combating pesticide resistance
- Impact of genomics on improving the quality of agricultural products
- Outline of the US national corn genome initiative
- Comparative gene mapping with the chicken - clues to our vertebrate
ancestral genome
- Primer extension from two-dimensional oligonucleotides grids for DNA
sequence analysis
- Additions and expansions to the Flexys laboratory robot system.
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