Border crossings : transnational Americanist anthropology / / edited and with an introduction by Kathleen S. Fine-Dare and Steven L. Rubenstein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961571703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009
• ISBN: 9786612130793; 9781282130791; 128213079X; 9780803222748; 0803222742
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Fine-DareKathleen S <1953-> (Kathleen Sue); RubensteinSteven <1962-2012.>
• Disciplina: 301.072/07
• Soggetti: Anthropology - Research - America; Anthropology - America - Methodology; Anthropology - America - International cooperation; Intercultural communication - America; Culture and globalization - America; Indigenous peoples - America; Transnationalism - America; America Ethnic relations
• 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: Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: Toward a Transnational Americanist Anthropology; Part One: A New Compass for Americanist Studies; 1. Racing across Borders in the Americas; 2. The Politics of Knowledge and Identityand the Poetics of Political Economy; 3. Reinventing Archaeological Heritage; Part Two: Transamerican Case Studies; 4. Bodies Unburied, Mummies Displayed; 5. Crossing Boundaries with Shrunken Heads; 6. Local Conflict, Global Forces; 7. El Envío; 8. Global Indigenous Movements; 9. What Can Americanists and Anthropology Learn from the Alliances ; between Indigenous Peoples and Popular Movements in the Amazon?Part Three: American Reflections; 10. "That's Your Hopi Uncle"; 11. The Dust Bowl Tango; 12. The Lizard's Dream; Afterword; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For anthropologists and social scientists working in North and South America, the past few decades have brought considerable change as issues such as repatriation, cultural jurisdiction, and revitalization movements have swept across the hemisphere. Today scholars are rethinking both how and why they study culture as they gain a new appreciation for the impact they have on the people they study. Key to this reassessment of the social sciences is a rethinking of the concept of borders: not only between cultures and nations but between disciplines such as archaeology and cultural anthropology, b

RNA interference / / Patrick J. Paddison, Peter K. Vogt, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959525203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, : Springer, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-17949-3; 9786611179496; 3-540-75157-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2008.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Collana: Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; ; 320
• Altri autori (Persone): VogtP. K <1932-> (Peter K.); PaddisonPatrick J
• Disciplina: 615.7924
• Soggetti: Gene silencing; RNA
• 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: RNA Interference in Mammalian Cell Systems -- RNAi Pathway in C. elegans: The Argonautes and Collaborators -- Genetics and Biochemistry of RNAi in Drosophila -- Role of Dicer in Posttranscriptional RNA Silencing -- The Mechanism of RNase III Action: How Dicer Dices -- MicroRNA Metabolism in Plants -- ; Structure-Function Relationships Among RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases -- RNAi-Mediated Chromatin Silencing in Fission Yeast -- A Role for RNAi in Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila -- RNA-Mediated Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Human Cells -- RNA Silencing in Mammalian Oocytes and Early Embryos -- Identifying Human MicroRNAs.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the last few years the major effect that RNAi has had in invertebrate systems like C.elegans and drosophila is beginning to take hold in mammalian systems through both single gene knockdown experiments and genome-scale screens. In the next decade, there will no doubt be both notable successes and failures as we attempt to apply this genetic tool to various biological problems for the first time in academia and industry. Through the introduction of RNAi, mammalian systems have finally gained admittance to the pantheon of model genetic systems.