Molecular Biology: General theory Molecular Biology: General Theory Author: Dr Darshana Morar Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. REFERENCES The relevant websites as indicated in the course outline: 1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=genomes 2. http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/R/RecombinantDNA.html 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_replication 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_replication 5. http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/prot_dna/family_descriptions/1ecr_single/1ecr_single.html 6. http://virology-online.com/general/Replication.htm A few general references: 1. PROMEGA: Protocols and applications guide. 1996 2. HYDE, J 1990. Molecular parasitology. Van Nostrand Reinhold. New York 3. BROWN, T. A 1986. Gene cloning. Van Nostrand Reinhold (UK) Co. Ltd. 4. BROWN, T. A 1995 3rd Edition. Gene cloning – An introduction. Chapman & Hall, London. 5. D’AQUILA, R.T., BECHTEL, L.J.,VITELER, J. A., ERON, J.J., GORCZYCZ, P. and KAPLIN, J.C., 1991. Maximizing sensitivity and specificity of PCR by preamplification heating. Nucleic Acids Res. 19: 3749. 6. DIEFFENBACH, C. W. and DVEKSLER, G. S. 1995. PCR primer. A laboratory manual. CSHL Press. 7. EHRLICH, H.A, GELFAND, D. and SNINSKY, J.J., 1991. Recent advances in the polymerase chain reaction. Science 252: 1643 – 1651. 8. KWOK, S. and HIGUCHI, R 1989. Avoiding false positives with PCR. Nature 339: 237 – 238. 9. LONGO, M. C., BERNINGER, M.S. and HARTLEY J.L. 1990. Use of uracil DNA glycosylase to control carryover contamination in polymerase chain reactions. Gene 93: 125 – 128. 10. MAXAM, A. M and GILBERT, W 1980. Sequencing end-labelled DNA with base-specific chemical cleavage. Methods in Enzymology, 65: 499 –552. 1|Page Molecular Biology: General theory 11. MULLIS, K. B., 1991. The polymerase chain reaction in an anemic mode: How to avoid cold oligodeoxy-ribonuclear fusion. PCR Methods Appl. 1: 1-4. 12. SMITH C, A and WOOD E, J 1991. Molecular biology and biotechnology. Chapman & Hall, London. 13. SANGER, F. NICKLEN, S and COULSON, A. R 1979. DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 74, 5463 – 5467. 2|Page