| The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Guide to Biology and Laboratory Use | Hardcoverby Elizabeth H. Harris (Author)
| List Price: | $157.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 1 to 2 months |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Academic Press | | Page Count: | 780 Pages | | Publication Date: | July 12, 1989 | | Sales Rank: | 3,356,765rd |
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Product Description
The green alga Chlamydomonas is widely used as an experimental model system for studies in cellular and molecular biology, and in particular plant molecular biology. This book is the only single modern compendium of information on its biology and in particular its molecular biology and genetics. Included in addition to much information on the basic biology is material of a very practical nature, namely, methods for culture, preservation of cultures, preparation of media, lists of inhibitors and other additives to culture media, help with common laboratory problems such as contamination, student demonstrations, and properties of particular strains and mutants.Casual users as well as specialists will find the book to be useful in many ways. Key Features* Provides access to previously unpublished data from genetic analysis* Provides descriptions of mutant strains* Depicts summary tables comparing properties of different species and their mutant strains* Explains detailed methods for laboratory procedures of general utility* Furnishes comparisons of culture media* Presents lists of inhibitors, mutagens, and other additives to culture media* Assists with common laboratory problems such as contamination and storage of strains* Demonstrates protocols for laboratory demonstrations available for undergraduate teaching. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
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New edition in the works! by M. Ferrell (Moscow, Idaho United States)  5 Stars
May 15, 2008
This is indeed THE BOOK for Chlamydomonas research. Our lab copy is in constant use, and we are very careful about lending it out (failure to return it in a timely manner is punishable by racking pipette tips and or autoclaving the trash).
Fortunately, a new edition of this book is in the works. It is my understanding that it will be a comprehensive three volume set.
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The Bible of Green Yeast 5 Stars
September 21, 1999
This book is THE reference on Chlamydomonas, the single celled alga sometimes called "green yeast". The sourcebook contains detailed protocols for working with this organism, as well as comprehensive information about its cell biology, metabolism, etc. The only drawback is that this book is somewhat old, and was written before many of the molecular tools for working with Chlamydomonas were perfected, such as transformation or positional cloning using BAC libraries. Still, anyone interested in Chlamydomonas MUST get this book.
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