Jane K. Setlow, PhD. has championed the field of genetics for over 30 years, agreeing to edit Genetic Engineering: Principles & Methods since its inception in 1979. An internationally recognized scientist with numerous publications, Dr. Setlow is the former Chairperson of the NIH Recombinant DNA Molecule Advisory Committee (RAC). Her lab can found at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York.

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• Cleavage-Site Motifs in Protein Targeting Sequences.- Complications of RNA Heterogeneity for the Engineering of Virus Vaccines and Antiviral Agents.- The Quaternary Structures of SV40 Large T Antigen and Tumor Suppressor P53: Analysis by Gel Electrophoresis.- Assembly of Antibodies and Mutagenized Variants in Transgenic Plants and Plant Cell Cultures.- Maize Endosperm Tissue as an Endoreduplication System.- Study of Chlorate-Resistant Mutants of Arabidopsis: Insights into Nitrate Assimilation and Ion Metabolism of Plants.- Approaches and Progress in the Molecular Cloning of Plant Disease Resistance Genes.- Is GRP78 a Sensor of Cellular Secretory Activity?.- The Molecular Biology of Pathogenesis In ustilago Maydis.- Molecular Design of Oligomeric Channel Proteins.- Regulation of Gene Expression by Thyroid Hormones and Retinoic Acid.- RNA trans- splicing.- Structural Constraints on Residue Substitution.- Molecular and Functional Analysis of the A Mating Type Genes of Coprinus Cinereus.- Physical Mapping Of Human Chromosomes.