Xenopus

This book highlights the potential advantages of using marine invertebrates like tunicates, echinoderms, sponges and cephalopods as models in both biological and medical research. Bioactive compounds found in marine organisms possess antibacterial, antifungal, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory properties, and can affect the immune and nervous systems. Despite substantial research on the medicinal attributes of various marine invertebrates, they are still very much underrepresented in scientific literature: the majority of cell, developmental and evolutionary scientific journals only publish research conducted on a few well-known model systems like Drosophila melanogaster or Xenopus laevis.

Part of a mini-series on the synthesis and processing of proteins, this volume details the expression of cloned DNA and RNA templates in all of the major in vivo and in vitro systems. The in vivo systems covered are cultured mammalian cells, the yeasts Sacchoromyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris, baculovirus, Xenopus oocytes, and prokaryotic cells. It also covers cell-free systems of both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, including prokaryotic systems that offer coupled transcription-translation. The volume concludes with a chapter on monitoring protein expression.

Part of a mini-series on the synthesis and processing of proteins, this volume details the expression of cloned DNA and RNA templates in all of the major in vivo and in vitro systems.