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03587cam a22005414a 4500 001 9C362D422B0811DE986A0F08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20181108012225 008 040928s2005 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2004022817 020 $a 9781591022534 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 1591022533 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)56614624 040 $a DNLM/DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d C#P $d VP@ $d BAKER $d CCS $d NLGGC $d NSB $d UKM $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d IG# $d CQU $d NIU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QP552.G73 $b Z56 2005 060 00 $a 2005 D-603 060 10 $a QU 55 $b Z72g 2005 082 00 $a 572/.4358 $2 22 084 $a 58.30 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Zimmer, Marc. 245 1 $a Glowing genes : $b a revolution in biotechnology / $c Marc Zimmer. 260 $a Amherst, N.Y. : $b Prometheus Books, $c 2005. 300 $a 221 p., [8]p. of plates : $b col. ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Living light -- From Pliny's walking stick to burning angels -- Using fireflies to look for life on Mars? -- Shimomura's "squeezate" -- Where is the GFP recipe? Let's photocopy it -- The birth of the green fluorescent protein revolution -- Thirsty potatoes and green blood -- Alba, the fluorescent rabbit -- Light in a can -- Red sheep from Russia -- Andi the green monkey and a yellow pig -- Cameleons, flip, fret, frap and camgaroos -- Cancer -- Glowing genes in medicine -- Defense, security, and bioterrorism -- Last light. 520 $a [This book is about a] new area of biotechnology that will help us understand cancer, create new products, improve agriculture, and combat terrorism. For more than 160 million years, green fluorescent protein has existed in one species of jellyfish. In 1994 it was cloned, giving rise to a host of useful and potentially revolutionary applications in biotechnology. Today, researchers are using this ancient glowing protein to pursue exciting new discoveries, from tracking the process of bacterial infection to detecting chemical and biological agents planted by terrorists. [The author] begins with an overview of the many uses of these glowing genes to kill and image cancer cells, monitor bacterial infections, and light up in the presence of pollution. He then discusses the biological reasons that glowing proteins first evolved in jellyfish and fireflies, and looks at the history of bioluminescence and the dedicated scientists who devoted their careers to explaining this phenomenon. [The author] next turns to the serious, and not-so-serious, uses of fluorescent proteins. -Dust jacket. 650 0 $a Green fluorescent protein $v Popular works. 650 12 $a Luminescent Proteins $x genetics $v Popular Works. 650 22 $a Genetic Engineering $v Popular Works. 650 22 $a Luminescence $v Popular Works. 650 22 $a Organisms, Genetically Modified $v Popular Works. 650 17 $a Fluorescentie. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Eiwitten. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Genetische manipulatie. $2 gtt 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip051/2004022817.html 941 $a 9 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724061835.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20180522010357.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823025938.0 952 $l PYAX423 $d 20141220011927.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20100405101555.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l HUAX887 $m HUAX887 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9C362D422B0811DE986A0F08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search