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| | Preface | v |
| | Editor-in-Chief | ix |
| | Editorial Board | xi |
| | List of Contributors | xix |
| | Color Plates | xxiii |
| | Triplet Repeat Diseases Stephan J. Guyenet, Albert R. La Spada | 1 |
| | Two-photon Microscopy and Imaging Patrick Theer, Bernd Kuhn, Dorine Keusters, Winfried Denk | 61 |
| | Ubiquitin-Proteasome System for Controlling Cellular Protein Levels Michael H. Glickman, Aaron Ciechanover | 89 |
| | Vaccination, Genetic Joerg Reimann, Martin Schleef, Reinhold Schirmbeck | 111 |
| | Vaccine Approaches for Protection Against HIV Stephen M. Smith, Mahender Singh, Kuan-Teh Jeang | 135 |
| | Vaccine Research and Development Methodology Jens-Peter Gregersen | 157 |
| | Variation and Conservation of the Development of Animal Bodies: Evolutionary Developmental Biology Francoise Mazet, Sebastian M. Shimeld | 179 |
| | Vascular Development and Angiogenesis M. Luisa Iruela-Arispe | 201 |
| | Vectors and Gene Therapy Edward A. Burton, David J. Fink, Joseph C. Glorioso | 233 |
| | Vector System: Plasmid DNA Rajkumar Banerjee, Leaf Huang | 287 |
| | Vector Targeting in Gene Therapy Yosuke Kawakami, David T. Curiel | 331 |
| | Vertebrate Mitochondrial DNA Max Ingman, Ulf Gyllensten | 367 |
| | Viral Inhibitors and Immune Response Mediators: The Interferons Anthony Meager | 387 |
| | Virus-Cell Interactions Andrew J. Mouland, Nikolaus Heveker, Anne Gatignol | 423 |
| | Virus-free Gene Transfer Systems in Somatic Gene Therapy Oliver Kayser, Albrecht F. Kiderlen | 485 |
| | Vitamin Receptors Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti | 505 |
| | Vitamins, Structure and Function of Donald B. McCormick | 535 |
| | Whole Genome Human Chromosome Physical Mapping Cassandra L. Smith, Giang H. Nguyen, Denan Wang, Nickolaev Bukanov | 555 |
| | Xenotransplantation in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Gregory J. Brunn, Jeffrey L. Platt | 573 |
| | Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Genome and Genetics Ralf Dahm, Robert Geisler, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | 593 |
| | Glossary of Basic Terms | 627 |
| | The Twenty Amino Acids that are Combined to Form Proteins in Living Things | 635 |
| | The Twenty Amino Acids with Abbreviations and Messenger RNA Code Designations | 639 |
| | Complementary Strands of DNA with Base Pairing | 641 |
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