Extracellular Nucleic Acids

1. Extracellular DNA as Matrix Component in Microbial Biofilms
Wen-Chi Chiang, Tim Tolker-Nielsen

2. Gene Transfer Agents and Defective Bacteriophages as Sources of Extracellular Prokaryotic DNA
Andrew S. Lang, J. Thomas Beatty

3. Roles of Extracellular DNA in Bacterial Ecosystem
Katsuji Tani, Masao Nasu

4. Stable Extracellular DNA: A Novel Substrate for Genetic Engineering that Mimics Horizontal Gene Transfer in Nature
Shinya Kaneko, Mitsuhiro Itaya

5. Extracellular Nucleic Acids of the Marine Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum and Related Bacteria: Physiology and Biotechnology
Yo Kikuchi

6. Systemic RNAi in C. elegans from the Viewpoint of RNA as Extracellular Signals
Lisa Timmons

7. Circulating Nucleic Acids in Health and Disease
E. Y. Rykova, P. P. Laktionov, V. V. Vlassov

8. Circulating MicroRNAs in Cancer
Patrick S. Mitchell, Muneesh Tewari

9. Biology and Diagnostic Applications of Cell-Free Fetal Nucleic Acids in Maternal Plasma
Jason C. H. Tsang, Y. M. Dennis Lo

10. The Biology of Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum (CNAPS)
P. B. Gahan, M. Stroun

11. Modulation and Regulation of Gene Expression by CpG Oligonucleotides
Dennis Klinman, Sven Klaschik

12. Immune Recognition of Nucleic Acids and Their Metabolites
Shohei Koyama, Shizuo Akira, Ken J. Ishii

Keywords: Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, general