| Deep Roots, Open Skies:New Biology in India | |
| Authors: S. K. Basu, J. K. Batra, D. M. Salunke | ISBN:
978-81-7319-604-1 |
About the book Deep Roots, Open Skies provides a glimpse of the growth of new biology in India during the last decade. Leading senior scientists have contributed articles highlighting their perception of societal impact of new biology on issue concerning health, agriculture and environment. The articles cover a wide spectrum of topics including Infection, Development, Protein Folding, Gene Regulation, and Cellular Signaling. | |
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Table of content Preface / About ‘Deep Roots, Open Skies: New Biology In India’ / Development of the New Biology in India: Science and Relevance / Biotechnology for a Societal Movement / Biotechnology for Health Care / India as Future Vaccine Hub for Developing World / Vaccine Research: Is there a choice / A Decade of Immunobiology in India / Structural Biology in India – A Personal Overview / Brain Research – Growth of Modern Neuroscience in India / Leaping Forward from Population Genomics to Molecular Medicine: The Indian Context / Perspective of Indian Agricultural Biotechnology / Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research / The Role of Department of Biotechnology in Encouraging Plant Biotechnology / A New Horizon in Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology Research / Towards the Development of Biological Sciences in India: Contribution of DBT / Reflections / Deep Roots and Open Skies / Modern Biotechnology in India / Biology R&D Efforts During the Last Two Decades: A Critical Analysis / Product and Process Development / Biotechnology Across the Boundaries / Role of DBT in the Growth of Biotechnology in India: Saga of a Decade / Biotechnological Approaches in the Management of Plant Pests, Diseases and Weeds for Sustainable Agriculture / Development of Transgenic Crops in India– Progress and Prospects / Dynamic microtubules are attractive drug targets for cancer chemotherapy / Structural domains of Streptococcus pneumoniae Hyaluronate Lyase: Their interactions and role in function and folding of the enzyme / Protein splicing by reverse proteolysis / Structural, functional and computational analyses of malaria parasite proteins: Insights into parasite biology / Protein folding: Theory-based ideas are in conflict with the classical view / Biochemical crosstalk between fatty acid synthases and polyketide synthases in mycobacteria / Mycobacterium-triggered apoptotic cell death of macrophages / Novel hemoglobins of M. tuberculosis: Role in pathogenicity and cellular metabolism / Reciprocal CD40 signaling through p38MAP kinase and ERK-1/2 in Leishmania infection / A novel transferable signal mediates nuclear import of simian immunodeficiency virus Vpx protein / Repetitive sequences in the human genome: Markers to mechanisms / Light mediated regulation of Z-box containing promoters during early seedling development in Arabidopsis thaliana / A stress regulatory role of a core RNA polymerase subunit: Insights from genetic and genome wide transcription profiling studies / Genomes, Phenomes and fitness: Mapping a new biology / Wnt signaling in Drosophila: From development biology to cancer drug screening Audience Students and Researchers | |
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