内容简介
MolecularCloninghasservedasthefoundationoftechnicalexpertiseinlabsworldwidefor30years.Noothermanualhasbeensopopular,orsoinfluential.MolecularCloning,FourthEdition,bythecelebratedfoundingauthorJoeSambrookandnewco-author,thedistinguishedHHMIinvestigatorMichaelGreen,preservesthehighlypraiseddetailandclarityofpreviouseditionsandincludesspecificchaptersandprotocolscommissionedforthebookfromexpertpractitionersatYale,UMass,RockefellerUniversity,TexasTech,ColdSpringHarborLaboratory,WashingtonUniversity,andotherleadinginstitutions.Thetheoreticalandhistoricalunderpinningsoftechniquesareprominentfeaturesofthepresentationthroughout,informationthatdoesmuchtohelptrouble-shootexperimentalproblems.Forthefourtheditionofthisclassicwork,thecontenthasbeenentirelyrecasttoincludenucleic-acidbasedmethodsselectedasthemostwidelyusedandvaluableinmolecularandcellularbiologylaboratories.Corechaptersfromthethirdeditionhavebeenrevisedtofeaturecurrentstrategiesandapproachestothepreparationandcloningofnucleicacids,genetransfer,andexpressionanalysis.Theyareaugmentedby12newchapterswhichshowhowDNA,RNA,andproteinsshouldbeprepared,evaluated,andmanipulated,andhowdatagenerationandanalysiscanbehandled.Thenewcontentincludesmethodsforstudyinginteractionsbetweencellularcomponents,suchasmicroarrays,next-generationsequencingtechnologies,RNAinterference,andepigeneticanalysisusingDNAmethylationtechniquesandchromatinimmunoprecipitation.Tomakesenseofthewealthofdataproducedbythesetechniques,abioinformaticschapterdescribestheuseofanalyticaltoolsforcomparingsequencesofgenesandproteinsandidentifyingcommonexpressionpatternsamongsetsofgenes.Buildingonthirtyyearsoftrust,reliability,andauthority,thefourtheditionofMolecularCloningisthenewgoldstandard—theoneindispensablemolecularbiologylaboratorymanualandreferencesource.