Domains in the Arabidopsis RPS2 gene product are also present in other plant disease resistance gene products. Clough SJ and Bent AF, 1998. Hoffman T, Schmidt JS, Zheng X, Bent AF, 1999. Regulation of soybean nodulation independent of ethylene signaling. Bent, A. F., 1996.
Function meets structure.
221 class home page Biotechnology is an increasingly prominent component of agriculture, medicine and industry. We have the ability to modify living organisms by modifying their genes or adding new genes from entirely different sources. There is vast potential to use this technology in beneficial ways, but there are also many pitfalls and ethical uncertainties. This course examines Biotechnology at many levels through coverage of new biotechnology products, the scientific basis of recombinant DNA and related technologies, government regulation of biotechnology, ethical debates about cloning and biotechnology, the patenting of genes and organisms, economic factors and product development, ecological risks of bioengineered products, and related topics. Guest lectures by visiting experts provide a first-hand perspective on many aspects of agricultural biotechnology.