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This book presents a multidisciplinary approach to latest information and developments in biotechnology in an easy-to-read, succinct format. The book is divided into six sections and fifteen chapters giving an in-depth analysis of the latest research and developments in the biotechnological realm.
List of contents
Section I: Plant Biotechnology. Insights in Plant Epigenetics. Recent Advances in Biotechnological Interventions for Nutritional Enhancement of Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.). Abiotic Stress and Candid Conduct of Proteins. Section II: Microbial and Medical Biotechnology. Long Non-coding RNA: Is the Junk Worth It? Exosomes as a Therapeutic Tool against Infectious Diseases. Plant Thionins: The Green Antimicrobial Agents. Section III: Nanobiotechnology. Curcumin Nanoemulsions: Recent Advances and Applications. Merchanism and Method of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles (ZnO NPs): Induced Toxicity in Biological Systems. Section IV: Environmental Biotechnology. Waste Management with Thermophilic Bacteria. Extremophiles: Biofactories for Bioremediation. Section V: Bioinformatics. Role of Bacterial Infection in Cancer Genomics. Structural Recognition and Cleavage Mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein. Decoding Transcriptomics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Computational Approach. Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies for the Development of Disease-Resistant Plants. Section VI: Biochemistry. Alcohol Dehydrogenases: Structural and Functional Diversity.
About the author
Dr. Atul Bhargava is Head of the Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India. He completed his PhD in 2005 from National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, and has over 16 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include genetic improvement of crop plants, nanobiotechnology and phytoremediation. Dr. Bhargava has published 55 research papers on these topics in international, peer-reviewed journals, as well as 5 books and numerous book chapters. He also has more than 4000 citations of his work. Dr. Atul Bhargava is also serving as an editorial board member of several international journals of repute.
Dr. Shilpi Srivastava is Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Campus, Lucknow. Her research areas include nanobiotechnology, biological synthesis of nanoparticles and their antimicrobial activity. She has 16 years of research and teaching experience, and has published 5 books, several book chapters and numerous research papers in peer-reviewed journals. She has attended and presented her research work in various national and international conferences. Dr. Srivastava is a referee for a number of international journals and is also a member of the editorial boards of several international journals.
Summary
This book presents a multidisciplinary approach to latest information and developments in biotechnology in an easy-to-read, succinct format. The book is divided into six sections and fifteen chapters giving an in-depth analysis of the latest research and developments in the biotechnological realm.
