1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454581903321

Titolo

Minerals, critical minerals, and the U.S. economy [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Critical Mineral Impacts on the U.S. Economy, Committee on Earth Resources, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-30019-5

9786611300197

0-309-11283-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

333.80973

Soggetti

Nonfuel minerals - Economic aspects - United States

Mines and mineral resources - Economic aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Critical Minerals""; ""2 Minerals and Materials Uses in the United States""; ""3 Availability and Reliability of Supply""; ""4 Applying the Matrix""; ""5 Mineral Information and Possible Initiatives in Research and Education""; ""6 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""APPENDIX A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""APPENDIX B: Workshop Agenda and Participants""; ""APPENDIX C: Glossary""; ""APPENDIX D: Periodic Table of Elements""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141646903321

Titolo

Minicircle and miniplasmid DNA vectors [[electronic resource] ] : the future of nonviral and viral gene transfer / / edited by Martin Schleef

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, Germany, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

3-527-67042-4

1-299-24148-4

3-527-67043-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchleefM (Martin)

Disciplina

615.895

Soggetti

Gene therapy

Genetic vectors

Plasmids

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Minicircle and Miniplasmid DNA Vectors: The Future of Non-Viral and Viral Gene Transfer; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Minicircle Patents: A Short IP Overview of Optimizing Nonviral DNA Vectors; 2 Operator-Repressor Titration: Stable Plasmid Maintenance without Selectable Marker Genes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Antibiotics and Metabolic Burden; 2.3 The Mechanism of ORT; 2.4 ORT Strain Development; 2.5 ORT Miniplasmids; 2.6 DNA Vaccine and Gene Therapy Vectors; 2.7 ORT-VAC: Plasmid-Based Vaccine Delivery Using Salmonella enterica; 2.8 Recombinant Protein Expression

2.9 Conclusions and Future DevelopmentsReferences; 3 Selection by RNA-RNA Interaction: Maximally Minimized Antibiotic Resistance-Free Plasmids; 3.1 Gene Therapy and DNA Vaccines: Emerging Technologies; 3.1.1 Therapeutic Plasmids: General Design Principles; 3.2 Therapeutic Plasmids: Novel Design and the Problem of Selection; 3.2.1 Replication Control of ColE1-Type Plasmids as an Alternative Selection Marker; 3.2.2 The MINIback Concept: Selection by RNA-RNA Interaction; 3.2.3 Improved Production Processes by MINIback Plasmids; 3.2.4 Improving Sequence Composition; 3.2.5 Efficient Gene Transfer

3.3 Conclusions Acknowledgments; References; 4 Plasmid-Based



Medicinal Products - Focus on pFAR: A Miniplasmid Free of Antibiotic Resistance Markers; 4.1 Introduction: Rationale for the Development of Biosafe DNA Plasmid Vectors; 4.2 Specific Requirements for the Use of DNA Product as Medicines; 4.2.1 Requirements for Plasmid Quality and Purity; 4.2.2 Requirements for the Removal of Antibiotic Resistance Markers from Plasmid DNA; 4.2.2.1 Requirements for Biosafe Plasmids; 4.2.2.2 Positive Impact on the Removal of Antibiotic Resistance Markers

4.2.2.3 Effect of Plasmid Size on Gene Transfer Efficiency In Vitro and In Vivo 4.3 Nonviral Gene Vectors Devoid of Antibiotic Resistance Markers; 4.3.1 Generalities; 4.3.2 Selection Systems Devoid of Antibiotic Resistance Markers; 4.3.2.1 Complementation of Host Auxotrophy by a Function-Encoded Plasmid; 4.3.2.2 The Operator-Repressor Titration (ORT) System; 4.3.2.3 Protein-Based Antidote/Poison Selection Systems; 4.3.2.4 RNA-Based Selection Marker; 4.3.2.5 Suppression of a Nonsense Mutation; 4.4 The pFAR Plasmid Family; 4.4.1 Description of the Antibiotic-Free Selection System

4.4.2 pFAR Vectors Promote Efficient Expression in Several Types of Mammalian Cells 4.4.2.1 In Vitro Transfection Study; 4.4.2.2 In Vivo Transfection Studies; 4.4.3 Concluding Remarks on the pFAR4 Biosafe Miniplasmid; 4.5 Concluding Remarks and Perspectives; Acknowledgments; References; 5 Plasmid DNA Concatemers: Influence of Plasmid Structure on Transfection Efficiency; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Plasmid DNA Topology and Size; 5.3 Plasmid DNA Concatemers; 5.4 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Analytical Tools in Minicircle Production; 6.1 Introduction

6.1.1 Gene Transfer for Therapy, Vaccination, and Stem Cells

Sommario/riassunto

This first title on the topic provides complete coverage, including the molecular basis, production and possible biomedical applications. Written by the most prominent academic researchers in the field as well as by researchers at one of the world's leading companies in industrial production of minicircle DNA, this practical book is aimed at everyone who is directly or indirectly involved in the development of gene therapies.