Includes bibliographical references and index.

The biology of cyclins and cyclin-dependent protein kinases: an introduction / Lucio Miele -- In situ immunofluorescence analysis: immunofluorescence microscopy / Amjad Javed [and others] -- In situ immunofluorescence analysis: analyzing RNA synthesis by 5-bromouridine-5'-triphosphate labeling / Amjad Javed [and others] -- Immunofluorescence analysis using epitope-tagged proteins: in vitro system / Amjad Javed [and others] -- Analysis of in vivo gene expression using epitope-tagged proteins / Amjad Javed [and others] -- Chromatin immunoprecipitation / Amjad Javed [and others].

Protein/deoxyribonucleic acid interactions linked to gene expression: electrophoretic mobility shift assay / Amjad Javed [and others] -- Protein/deoxyribonucleic acid interactions linked to gene expression: DNase I digestion / Amjad Javed [and others] -- Protein/deoxyribonucleic acid interactions linked to gene expression: ligation-mediated polymerase chain reaction / Amjad Javed [and others] -- Assays for cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors / Adrian M. Senderowicz and Tyler Lahusen -- Protein degradation via the proteosome / Henry Hoff, Hong Zhang, and Christian Sell.

The transformed phenotype / Henry Hoff [and others] -- A morphologic approach to detect apoptosis based on electron microscopy / Martyn K. White, Timothy G. Schneider, and Caterina Cinti -- Detection of apoptotic deoxyribonucleic acid break by in situ / Nick Translation [and others] -- Induction of deoxyribonucleic acid damage by alkylating agents / Salvatore Cortellino [and others] -- Induction of deoxyribonucleic acid damage by -- irradiation / Salvatore Cortellino, David P. Turner and Alfonso Bellacosa -- Ultraviolet irradiation of cells / David P. Turner, Anthony T. Yeung, and Alfonso Bellacosa -- Transient production of retroviral- and lentiviral-based vectors for the transduction of mammalian cells / Tiziana Tonini [and others].

Determination of functional viral titer by drug-resistance -- Colony assay, expression of green fluorescent protein, and '-galactoside staining / Tiziana Tonini [and others] -- Retroviral and lentiviral vector titration by the analysis of the activity of viral reverse transcriptase / Tiziana Tonini [and others] -- Single and double colloidal gold labeling in postembedding immunoelectron microscopy / Nicoletta Zini [and others] -- Multifluorescence labeling and colocalization analyses / Massimo Riccio [and others].

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