Extracellular nucleic acids
By: Yo Kikuchi, Elena Y. Rykova (eds.).
Series: Nucleic acids and molecular biology -- 25; Nucleic acids and molecular biology -- v. 25.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Heidelberg; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9783642126161; 9783642126178
Subjects: Nucleic acids; Nucleic Acids; Extracellular Fluid; Extrazellulärraum; Nucleinsäuren
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Extracellular DNA as matrix component in microbial biofilms  -- Wen-Chi Chiang / -- Tim Tolker-Nielsen; title: Gene transfer agents and defective bacteriophages as sources of extracellular prokaryotic DNA  -- Andrew S. Lang / -- J. Thomas Beatty; title: Roles of extracellular DNA in bacterial ecosystem  -- Katsuji Tani / -- Masao Nasu; title: Stable extracellular DNA: a novel substrate for genetic engineering that mimics horizontal gene transfer in nature  -- Shinya Kaneko / -- Mitsuhiro Itaya; title: Extracellular nucleic acids of the marine phototrophic bacterium rhodovulum sulfidophilum and related bacteria: physiology and biotechnology  -- Yo Kikuchi; title: Systemic RNAi in c. elegans from the viewpoint of RNA as extracellular signals  -- Lisa Timmons; title: Circulating nucleic acids in health and disease  -- E.Y. Rykova / -- P.P. Laktionov / -- V.V. Vlassov; title: Circulating microRNAs in cancer  -- Patrick S. Mitchell / -- Muneesh Tewari; title: Biology and diagnostic applications of cell-free fetal nucleic acids in maternal plasma  -- Jason C.H. Tsang / -- Y.M. Dennis Lo; title: The biology of circulating nucleic acids in plasma and serum (CNAPS)  -- P.B. Gahan / -- M. Stroun; title: Modulation and regulation of gene expression by CpGoligonucleotides  -- Dennis Klinman / -- Sven Klaschik; title: Immune recognition of nucleic acids and their metabolites -- Shohei Koyama /-- Shizuo Akira /-- Ken J. Ishii.