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Techniques and Protocols in Molecular Biology

  • 1st Edition - October 28, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Buddhi Prakash Jain
  • Language: English

Techniques and Protocols in Molecular Biology delivers detailed practical guidance for a variety of molecular techniques and procedures. Each chapter focuses on a different… Read more

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Description

Techniques and Protocols in Molecular Biology delivers detailed practical guidance for a variety of molecular techniques and procedures. Each chapter focuses on a different technique including isolation techniques for DNA and RNA, gene cloning, PCR, ELISA, and cell culture. These protocols include a detailed description of the technique along with the main principles, required equipment, and comprehensive steps to assist researchers with replicating the protocol and performing the techniques themselves.
This foundational reference is essential for students and researchers looking to enhance their understanding of key molecular techniques and reproduce them successfully in their own laboratory work.

Key features

  • Provides step-by-step instructions to guide researchers in carrying out a range of molecular biology techniques
  • Includes details of instrumentation, reagents, and buffers necessary for each experiment
  • Features diagrams to help illustrate the procedures and techniques covered

Readership

Researchers and lab technicians in the field of molecular biology, genomics and cell biology, Postgraduate and doctoral students in molecular biology and related areas

Table of contents

1. Genomic DNA isolation (Bacteria, plant, and animal cells/tissues)

2. RNA isolation from mammalian cells/tissues, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans using monophasic lysis reagent

3. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction

4. Quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction: Real-time polymerase chain reaction

5. Agarose gel electrophoresis

6. 3’RACE (random amplification of cDNA end

7. 5’RACE (Random amplification of cDNA end

8. Plasmid isolation and purification (Alkaline lysis method)

9. Preparation of competent cells (Bacterial cells) and transformation (Hanahan’s method)

10. Molecular gene cloning

11. End-labeling of DNA (5’end labeling by T4 polynucleotide kinase)

12. Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

13. Western blotting

14. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay for DNA-protein interaction

15. Silver staining of proteins in acrylamide gel compatible with mass spectrometry: Acidic method (From Shevchenko et al., 1996)

16. Animal cell culture (Adherent cells)

17. Cell viability by MTT assay

18. Lactate dehydrogenase assay

19. Luciferase assay

20. Co-immunoprecipitation

21. Protein purification (His-tagged proteins by immobilized metal affinity chromatography)

22. Subcellular fractionation by differential centrifugation (Separating nuclear, membrane, and cytosolic fraction)

23. DNase 1 footprinting

24. Chromatin immunoprecipitation-qPCR

25. Flow cytometry for cell surface markers

26. Basics of bioinformatics

27. GST pull down assay

28. Fluorescence In Situ hybridization from paraffin-embedded tissues

29. An overview of yeast two-hybrid assay

30. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 28, 2025
  • Language: English

About the author

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Buddhi Prakash Jain

Dr. Buddhi Prakash Jain is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Zoology, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. He completed his doctoral studies at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi, India. His research interests include gene expression regulation and endoplasmic reticulum stress in cancer. He is the recipient of several awards including a gold medal in Master Programme (M.Sc.), EMBO travel award, DST (Department of Science and Technology) Govt of India, Young Scientist travel award, and has published several papers in reputed international journals and a number of books and book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Mahatma Ghandi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India

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