Functional genomics has come of age. No longer is it an adventure for the avant garde scientist, but it has become an increasingly standardized mainstream tool accessible to any modern biological laboratory. Toxicogenomics studies are now generating an avalanche of data that, with the aid of established informatics methodology, is being translated into biologically meaningful information. This is enabling us to start harvesting the benefits from years of investment in terms of technology, time, and (of course) money. It is therefore timely to bring together leading toxicologists with a wide variety of scientific aims in this book to demonstrate how microarray technology can be successfully applied to different research areas. This book transects biology from bacteria to human, from ecologically relevant sentinel organisms to well-characterized model species, and represents the full toxicogenomics arena from exploratory "blue sky" science to the prospects for incorporation into regulatory frameworks.

Delivers a timely overview of current achievements and future areas of development in toxicogenomics, with chapters transecting research interests from identification of toxic action to environmental monitoring.

Book Information
ISBN 9780444532749
Author Christer Hogstrand
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Elsevier Science Ltd
Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
Weight(grams) 710g