Visualization of Nucleic Acids

Visualization of Nucleic Acids
Author: Gerard Morel
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1995-03-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780849347818

This book presents a review of the principle approaches for visualizing DNA and RNA. Using scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes, the three-dimensional image of the surface of nucleic acids can be seen at atomic-scale resolutions. Spreading methods provide useful details on structural features of isolated molecules, but the major constituent of living matter is water, and the cryomicroscope makes it possible to look at DNA in its aqueous environment. Genes can be detected simultaneously in situ in chromosomes using fluorescent probes, and also at the electron microscopic level. In cells, nucleic acids are localized and quantified by dyes; electron microscopy is used with cytochemical, immunocytological, nuclease, and in situ hybridization methods. The main potential applications for pathological studies are shown with particular aspects such as viral nucleic acids and in situ PCR.

Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy

Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy
Author: Jean-Marie Exbrayat
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2000-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780849300431

Visualization of nucleic acids has become indispensable to studying cells, tissues, and organisms. Certain techniques even permit quantification of DNA and/or RNA distribution in tissues, but few current analytical books cover the numerous methods for DNA and RNA visualization. This book provides insight into several classic techniques, histological as well as histochemical, that can be used to appreciate the nucleic acid status of the cell as well as to provide an overview of RNA and DNA distribution in cells and tissues. Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy begins with an introduction to DNA and RNA, followed by general visualization principles. The subsequent chapters describe: how to prepare tissues for staining; the principles, chemical formulas, and procedures for nuclear dye, fluorescent dye, and histochemical methods; directions to observe the products of the stained reactions; and more. Each protocol is presented as easy-to-follow directions and the author includes cautionary notes and points to consider. The final section provides color photographs of various tissues in which the staining method, fixative, and observations are noted. A theoretical and practical book, Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy allows you to understand which technique is most useful for your particular problem. Laboratory protocols are provided for you to follow, chemical structures and principles are provided for you to understand the technique, and the book is organized so you can find the necessary information when needed. This is the essential guide to understanding and executing visualization techniques for nucleic acids.

Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy

Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy
Author: Jean-Marie Exbrayat
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2000-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420042513

Visualization of nucleic acids has become indispensable to studying cells, tissues, and organisms. Certain techniques even permit quantification of DNA and/or RNA distribution in tissues, but few current analytical books cover the numerous methods for DNA and RNA visualization. This book provides insight into several classic techniques, histologica

Imaging of Nucleic Acids and Quantitation in Photonic Microscopy

Imaging of Nucleic Acids and Quantitation in Photonic Microscopy
Author: Xavier Ronot
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2001-05-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420041703

Visualization of nuclear components has added tremendously to our understanding of the nucleus and its chemistry. The fluorescence approach is considered the present-day standard for comprehending nuclear organization. Imaging of Nucleic Acids and Quantitation in Photonic Microscopy provides new technologies in fluorescence microscopy and image cyt

Principles of Nucleic Acid Structure

Principles of Nucleic Acid Structure
Author: Wolfram Saenger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461251907

New textbooks at all levels of chemistry appear with great regularity. Some fields like basic biochemistry, organic reaction mechanisms, and chemical ther modynamics are well represented by many excellent texts, and new or revised editions are published sufficiently often to keep up with progress in research. However, some areas of chemistry, especially many of those taught at the grad uate level, suffer from a real lack of up-to-date textbooks. The most serious needs occur in fields that are rapidly changing. Textbooks in these subjects usually have to be written by scientists actually involved in the research which is advancing the field. It is not often easy to persuade such individuals to set time aside to help spread the knowledge they have accumulated. Our goal, in this series, is to pinpoint areas of chemistry where recent progress has outpaced what is covered in any available textbooks, and then seek out and persuade experts in these fields to produce relatively concise but instructive introductions to their fields. These should serve the needs of one semester or one quarter graduate courses in chemistry and biochemistry. In some cases the availability of texts in active research areas should help stimulate the creation of new courses. CHARLES R. CANTOR New York Preface This monograph is based on a review on polynucleotide structures written for a book series in 1976.

Protein-nucleic Acid Interaction

Protein-nucleic Acid Interaction
Author: Wolfram Saenger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1989
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This volume contains a series of essays which describe a range of problems in the field of nucleic-acid interactions, investigated by a variety of techniques. An introductory chapter on DNA-protein interactions in the regulation of gene expression is followed by papers on selected model systems.

Visualizing Biological Information

Visualizing Biological Information
Author: Clifford A. Pickover
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1995
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789810214272

Biological data of all kinds is proliferating at an incredible rate. If humans attempt to read such data in the form of numbers and letters, they will take in the information at a snail's pace. If the information is rendered graphically, however, human analysts can assimilate it and gain insight at a much faster rate. The emphasis of this book is on the graphic representation of information-containing sequences such as DNA and amino acid sequences in order to help the human analyst find interesting and biologically relevant patterns. The editor's goal is to make this voyage through molecular biology, genetics and computer graphics as accessible to a broad audience as possible, with the inclusion of glossaries at the end of most chapters and program outlines where applicable. The book will be of most interest to biologists and computer scientists and the various large reference lists should be of interest to beginners and advanced students of biology, graphic art and computer science. Contributors have sought to find pattern and meaning in the cacophony of genetic and protein sequence data using unusual computer graphics and musical techniques.

Advanced Imaging and Bio Techniques for Convergence Science

Advanced Imaging and Bio Techniques for Convergence Science
Author: Jun Ki Kim
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2021-04-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 981336064X

This book is a wide-ranging guide to advanced imaging techniques and related methods with important applications in translational research or convergence science as progress is made toward a new era in integrative healthcare. Conventional and advanced microscopic imaging techniques, including both non-fluorescent (i.e., label-free) and fluorescent methods, have to date provided researchers with specific and quantitative information about molecules, cells, and tissues. Now, however, the different imaging techniques can be correlated with each other and multimodal methods developed to simultaneously obtain diverse and complementary information. In addition, the latest advanced imaging techniques can be integrated with non-imaging techniques such as mass spectroscopic methods, genome editing, organic/inorganic probe synthesis, nanomedicine, and drug discovery. The book will be of high value for researchers in the biological and biomedical sciences or convergence science who need to use these multidisciplinary and integrated techniques or are involved in developing new analytical methods focused on convergence science.

RNA-protein Interactions

RNA-protein Interactions
Author: Kiyoshi Nagai
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1994
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

The study of RNA-protein interactions is crucial to understanding the mechanisms and control of gene expression and protein synthesis. The realization that RNAs are often far more biologically active than was previously appreciated has stimulated a great deal of new research in this field. Uniquely, in this book, the world's leading researchers have collaborated to produce a comprehensive and current review of RNA-protein interactions for all scientists working in this area. Timely, comprehensive, and authoritative, this new Frontiers title will be invaluable for all researchers in molecular biology, biochemistry and structural biology.