Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field encompassing microbiology, bichemistry, genetics, molecular biology, chemistry, immunology, cell and tissue culture physiology. This book describes the recent developments in these areas. Current research topics such as Quorum sensing, Integrons, Phytomining are discussed, which would serve as an excellent reference work for both academicians and researchers in the field.
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Contributors
xi
Chapter 1 Biosorption
1
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Atul Bhargava
Chapter 2 Quorum Sensing: Novel Bacterial Communication
19
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Shilpi Srivastava
Chapter 3 Biofuels: A Green Technology for the Future
39
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Atul Bhargava
Francisco Fuentes
Chapter 4 Bacterial Integrons
57
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Shilpi Srivastava
Chapter 5 Electrophoresis: A Conceptual Understanding
75
(14)
Gurjeet Kaur
Vineet Awasthi
Chapter 6 Nutrigenomics: The Future of Human Health
89
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Atul Bhargava
Shilpi Srivastava
Chapter 7 Advances in Computer-Aided Drug Designing
105
(18)
Ajay Kumar Singh
Chapter 8 Tissue Engineering
123
(18)
Arushi Misra
Chapter 9 Phytomining: Principles and Applications
141
(20)
Meenakshi Bhargava
Vandana Singh
Chapter 10 MicroRNAs: Biogenesis and Therapeutic Functions
161
(16)
Atul Bhargava
Shilpi Srivastava
Index
177
Dr. Atul Bhargava is a faculty at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Lucknow and is the Programme Leader for the prestigious B.Sc (H)-BT programme at Amity University Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow Campus). Dr. Bhargava has about 17 years of research experience and 10 years of post-PhD teaching experience. He has more than 45 research papers in reputed journals, 2 books and numerous book chapters to his credit. He has been an expositor in several International Conferences organized in India and abroad. Dr. Bhargava has around 1345 citations and an h index of 18. Dr. Bhargava is serving as an editorial board member of several international journals of repute and is a reviewer of many high impact factor journals.
Dr. Shilpi Srivastava is currently serving as Assistant Professor (Biotechnology) at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow Campus). Dr. Srivastava has about 10 years of research and teaching experience in biotechnology. She has published 2 books, numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, many book chapters, and has over 250 citations to her credit. Her main research interests are nanobiotechnology and phytoremediation. Dr. Srivastava has presented her research work in several national and international conferences. She is also serving as editorial board member of several international journals of repute.
