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Pakissan
Advisory Panel
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Dr.
Anwar Naseem |
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Adviser Science,
COMSTECH |
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Executive Secretary, Pakistan Academy of
Sciences |
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Principal Scientist and Head |
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Senior Research Officer |
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Research Officer |
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| Mailing
Address |
Contact
Inormation |
Adviser
Science, COMSTECH,
COMSTECH Secretariat,
3-Constitution Avenue
,
G-5/2, Islamabad-44000,
Pakistan
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Tele:
92 51 9220681-83
Fax: 92 51 9211115
92 51 9205264
92 51 9220265
E-mail: anwar_nasim@yahoo.com |
| Education |
| Ph.D.
(Biochemical Genetics, 1966)
Univ. of
Edinburgh
,
U.K.
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| M.Sc.
(Botany, 1957)
Punjab University
,
Pakistan
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| Editorial
Experience |
| 1975
- 1981 |
Member,
Editorial Board, Mutation Research.
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| 1991
- Present |
Member,
International Editorial Board “Journal of
Genetics and
Molecular Biology”,
Taipei
,
Taiwan
, ROC.
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| 1994
- Present |
Member,
Editorial Board “Eubios
Journal of Asian and International Bioethics”
Japan
.
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| 1995 |
Member,
Editorial Board “Journal of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology”.
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| Research |
More
than one hundred Scientific
papers published in prestigious international Journals
World wide since 1965.
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Ph.D.,
Edinburgh
University
, worked with Prof. C. Auerbach,
FRS, on the problems of chemical mutagenesis, heteroduplex
repair and unstable genes in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. 1963-1966.
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At
the Biology and Health Physics Division of Chalk River
Nuclear Laboratories on the questions related to
radiation-induced mutations and DNA repair in yeast,
Postdoctoral year. 1966-1967
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Independent
research at Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories. Supervised
summer students, graduate student and one Postdoctoral
Fellow. 1967-1973
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Research
on various aspects of the mechanisms of mutagenesis, heteroduplex
repair and unstable genes in yeast at National Research
Council of Canada,
Ottawa
, 1973-July 1989.
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Research
studies related to gene transfer within different
yeasts. This approach involved the techniques of strain
improvement, protoplast fusion, transformation and gene
cloning.
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| Honors
and Awards |
Gold
Medal in M.Sc. (1957)
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Academic
roll of
Honor
Govt.
College
,
Lahore
. (1958)
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Chairman,
Committee on Environmental Mutagenesis, Genetics Society
of
Canada
, 1976-1977.
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Member
of Teaching Faculty of the
UNESCO Regional Training Course on Gene cloning held in
Singapore
, 1983.
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Chairman,
Committee on Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
Genetic Society of
Canada
, 1983-1984.
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Elected
Fellow of
Third World
Academy
of Sciences, 1987.
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Elected
Foreign Fellow of the
Pakistan
Academy
of Sciences, 1988.
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Elected
Fellow of Islamic
Academy
of
Sciences
, 1998.
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Elected
Fellow of
Pakistan
Academy
of Medical Sciences, 2000.
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International
Coordinator and Member of the
Executive Committee for the XVI International Congress
of Genetics,
Toronto
, 1988.
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Consultant
and Member of International
Advisory Committee for National Institute for
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
(NIBGE),
Faisalabad
(1993 - To Date).
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Honorary
Professor in H.E.J. Research
Institute of Chemistry,
University
of
Karachi
,
Karachi
,
Pakistan
. (1993)
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Overseas
Pakistani’s Institute (OPI) award
for outstanding services for the cause of science in
Pakistan
. (1995).
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Civil
Award “Pride of Performance” in
Molecular Genetics (1995) (by the President of
Pakistan
)
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Civil
Award “Sitara-e-Imtiaz” in
Molecular Genetics 1999.
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Chairman
National
Commission on Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and
Technology, Government of
Pakistan
.
(2001-To Date)
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Chairman
Third World
Academy
of Sciences (TWAS)
Chapter in
Pakistan
(July 2002)
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| International
Involvements |
Invited
by Government of Pakistan to work at Nuclear Institute,
Faisalabad, Pakistan in 1981 and at Center for Advanced
Molecular Biology, Punjab University, Lahore Pakistan in
1985.
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Member
of Teaching
Faculty of the UNESCO Regional Training
Course on Gene cloning held in
Singapore
, 1983.
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Chairman
of the Organizing Committee for the International
Symposium on DNA repair, Mutation and Human III Health
held in
Ottawa
,
Canada
. 1978
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International
Coordinator and Member of the Executive Committee for
the XVI International Congress of Genetics,
Toronto
,
Canada
1988.
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| Professional
Committees |
For
several years Member of the Committee on Environmental
Mutagenesis of the Genetics Society of Canada.
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Chairman
Committee on Environmental Mutagenesis of the Genetic
Society of
Canada
, 1976-1977.
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Member
of the Committee on “Biotechnology and Genetic
Engineering” of the Genetics Society of
Canada
. 1981-1982
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Chairman
of the Committee on “Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology” of the Genetics Society of
Canada
. 1982-1983
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Secretary,
Canadian National Committee for the International
Union
of Biological Sciences (CNC-IUBS) (1985-86)
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| Publications |
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| 1.
Papers in Journals |
| 1965 |
NASIM,
A. and
Clark
, C.H. Nitrous
acid induced
mosaicism
in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Mutation Res. 2:395-402,
1965. |
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| 1967 |
NASIM,
A. and Auerbach,
C. The
origion of complete
and mosaic mutants from mutagenic treatment of
single cells. Mutations Res. 4:
1-14, 1967.
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| NASIM,
A. The induction of
replicating instabilities by mutagens in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Mutation Res. 4:
753-763, 1967. |
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| 1968 |
NASIM,
A.
Repair Mechanisms and rdiation-induced
mutations in fission yeast. Genetics 59:
327-333, 1968
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| NASIM,
A.
and Saunders, A.S. Spontaneous frequencies of
lethal-sectoring and mutation in
radiation-sensitive strains of fission yeast.
Mutation Res. 6:
475-478, 1968. |
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| 1970 |
NASIM,
A.,
and James, A.P. Inactivation and the induction of
lethal sectoring by chemical mutagens in yeast.
Can.
J. Genet. Cytol.
12:
10-14, 1970.
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| 1971 |
NASIM,
A., and James, A.P.
Replicating
instabilities in yeast: evidence from single cell
isolation. Genetics 69:
513-516, 1971. |
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| 1972 |
NASIM,
A. and James, A.P.
The localization of
cells which manifest replicating instability in
yeast colonies.
Can.
J. Genet. Cytol.
14:
979-982, 1972.
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| NASIM,
A. and McCullough, R.S. The
nature of replicating instability in yeast.
Mutation Res. 15:
125-133, 1972. |
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| 1973 |
Shanin,
M.M. and NASIM,
A.
The effect of radiation
sensitivity and cell stage on liquid holding
response in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Molec.
Gen. Genet. 122:
331-338, 1973.
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NASIM,
A. and
Grant, C.
Genetic analysis of
replicating instabilities in yeast.
Mutation Res. 17:
185-190, 1973.
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| Shanin,
M.M., Gentner, N.E.,
and NASIM,
A. The effect of
liquid holding in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe strains
after gamma and ultraviolet irradiation.
Radiation Res. 53:
216-225, 1973. |
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| 1974 |
NASIM,
A.
UV-induced replicating instability in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Mutation Res. 22:
25-31, 1974.
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Birnboim,
H.C. and NASIM,
A. Detection of pyrimidine
dimers in hydrolysates
of yeast DNA by high voltage paper
electrophoresis. Molec.
Gen. Genet. 130:
291-296, 1974.
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NASIM,
A.
and Smith, B.P. Dark repair inhibitors and
pathways for repair of radiation damage in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Molec.
Gen. Genet. 132:
13-22, 1974.
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| NASIM,
A.
Radiation-induced mutation rate and DNA content in
Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Mutation
Res. 24:
211-212, 1974. |
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| 1975 |
NASIM,
A. and Smith, B.P. Genetic control
radiation
sesitivity in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Genetics 79:
573-582, 1975.
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| Birnboim,
H.C. and NASIM,
A. Excision of purimidine
dimers by several
UV-sensitive mutants of Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Molec.
Gen. Genet. 136:
1-8, 1975. |
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| 1976 |
Hannan,
M.A., Duck, P. and NASIM,
A. UV-induced lethal sectoring and pure
mutant clones in yeast. Mutation Res. 36:
171-176, 1976.
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Duck,
P., NASIM,
A. and James, A.P. Tempreture-sensitive
mutant of Schizosaccharomyces
pombe exhibiting
enhanced radiation sensitivity. J. Bacteriol.
128:
536-539, 1976.
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| Hannan,
M.A., Miller, D.R. and NASIM,
A. Changes in UV-inactivation kinetics
and division delay in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe strains
during different growth phases. Radiation Res. 68:
469-479, 1976. |
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| 1977 |
NASIM,
A.
and Hannan, M.A.
Induction of mutations by chemicals and gamma rays
in mutants of yeast refractory to UV-mutagenesis.
Can.
J. Genet. Cytol.
19:
323-330, 1977.
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| Hannan,
M.A. and NASIM,
A. Caffeine enhancement of radiation
killing in different strains of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Molec.
Gen. Genet. 158:
111-116, 1977. |
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| 1978 |
Hannan,
M.A. and NASIM,
A. Mutagenicity
and recombinogenicity
of Daunomycin in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.
Cancer Letters 5:
319-324, 1978.
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Kilbey,
B.J., Brychcy, T. and NASIM,
A. Initiation of UV Mutagenesis in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Nature
274:
889-891, 1978.
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Hannan,
M.A. and NASIM,
A. Genetic activity of Bleomycin:
differential effects on mitotic recombination and
mutations in yeast. Mutation Res. 53:
309-316, 1978.
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Hannan,
M. A., NASIM,
A. and Brychcy,
T. Mutagenic and antimutagenic
effects of Bleomycin
in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.
Mutation Res. 58:
107-110, 1978.
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| Gentner,
N.E., Werner, M.M., Hannan,
M.A. and NASIM,
A. Contribution of a caffeine-sensitive
recombinational repir
pathway to survival and mutagensis
in UV-irradiated Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Molec.
Gen. Genet. 167:
43-49, 1978. |
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| 1979 |
NASIM,
A. and Brychcy,
T. Cross
sensitivity of mutator
strains to physical and chemical mutagens.
Can.
J. Genet. Cytol.
21:
129-137, 1979.
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| NASIM,
A.
and Brychcy, T.
Genetic effects of acridine
compounds. Mutation Res. 65:
261-288, 1979. |
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| 1981 |
NASIM,
A.,
Hannan, M.A. and Nestmann,
R.E. Pure and Mosaic clones - reflection of
differences in mechanisms of mutagenesis by
different agents in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.
Can.
J. Genet. Cytol.
23:
73-79, 1981.
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NASIM,
A.,
Hannan, M.A. and Nestmann,
R.E. Pure and Mosaic clones - reflection of
differences in mechanisms of mutagenesis by
different agents in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.
Can.
J. Genet. Cytol.
23:
73-79, 1981.
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| Nestmann,
E.R., NASIM,
A., Haynes, R.H. and Kowbel,
D.J. Genetic activity of Actinomycin
D in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae but not
in Escherichia coli. Mutation Res. 89:
229-236, 1981. |
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| 1982 |
Calleja,
G.B., Levy-Rick, S., Lusena,
C.V., NASIM,
A. and Moranelli,
F. Direct and quantitative conversion of strach
to ethanol by the yeast Schwanniomyces
alluvius.
Biotechnology Letters, 4:
543-547, 1982.
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Vidoli,
R., Yamazaki, H., NASIM,
A. and Veliky,
I.A. A novel
procedure for the recovery of hybird
products from protoplast fusion. Biotechnology
Letters, 4(12):
781-784, 1982.
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| Nestmann,
E.R., Stephen, E.R., Kowbel,
D.J. and NASIM,
A. Differential survival as an
indicator of potential mutagenicity
using repair deficient strains of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae and schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Can.
J. Genet. Cytol.
24:
771-775, 1982. |
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| 1983 |
Vidoli,
R.P., Nestmann, E.R., Kowbel,
D.J. and NASIM,
A. Pre-replicative
and post-replicative
mutagenesis in RAD and radl-1 strains of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.
Mutation Res. 122:
39-45, 1983. |
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| 1984 |
Prendergast,
J.A., Kamra, O.P. and NASIM,
A.
The effect of spermine
on spontaneous and UV-induced mutations in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Mutation Research, 125:
205-211, 1984.
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| Calleja,
G.B., Levy-Rick, S., Moranelli,
F. and NASIM,
A. Thermosensitive
export of amylases in the yeast Schwanniomyces
alluvius. Plant
and Cell Physiol., 25(5):
757-761, 1984. |
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| 1985 |
MacKay,
R.M., Baird, S., Dove, M.J., Erratt,
J.A., Gines, M.,
Moranelli, F., NASIM,
A., Willick,
G.E., Yaguchi,
M. and Seligy,
V.L. Glucanase
gene diversity in prokaryotic and eukaryotic
organisms.
Biosystems, 18:
279-292, 1985.
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Phipps,
J., NASIM,
A. and Miller, D.R.
Recovery, repair
and mutagenesis in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Advances in Genetics, 23:
1-72, 1985.
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| NASIM,
A.,
Stephen, E.R. and Erratt,
J.A. Replicating instabilities in yeast:
occurrence in different mutational systems.
Molecular and General Genetics, 199:
152-153, 1985. |
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| 1986 |
Calleja,
G.B., NASIM,
A., Lusena,
C.V. and Levy-Rick, S.Excretion
of yeast amylases: requirement for oxygen
and mitochondrial function. Biochem.
Intl. 12:
81-87, 1986.
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Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
,
Yang, R.C.A., Narang,
S.A. and NASIM,
A. The coloning
and characterization of a RAS gene from Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
J. Molec.
Evol. 23:
41-51, 1986.
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Erratt,
J.A. and NASIM,
A. Cloning and expression of a Saccharomyces
diastaticus glucoamylase
gene in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
and Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Journal of Bacteriology, 166:
484-490, 1986.
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Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
, NASIM,
A. and Beach, D. Involvement of
RAS in sexual differentiation but not in
growth control in fission yeast. The EMBO
Journal, 5(11):
2963-2971, 1986.
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| Erratt,
J.A. and NASIM,
A. Allelism
within the DEX and STA gene families in Saccharomyces
diastaticus.
Mol. Gen. Genet. 202:
255-256, 1986. |
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| 1987 |
Calleja,
G.B., Levy-Rick, S., NASIM,
A. and Lusena,
C.V. Extracellular
amylases of starch-fermenting yeast: pH
effect on export and residence time in the periplasm.
Crit. Rev. Biotechnol.
5(3):
177-184, 1987.
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Errat,
J.A. and NASIM,
A. Glucoamylases
from Saccharomyces
diastaticus.
CRC Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 5(2):
95-104, 1987.
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Riazuddin,
S., Malik, M.M.
and NASIM,
A. Mutagenicity
testing of some medicinal herbs.
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 10:
141-148, 1987.
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| Moranelli,
F., Yaguchi, M.,
Calleja, G.B.
and NASIM,
A. Purification and
characterization of the extracellular
a-amylase activity of the yeast Schwanniomyces
alluvius. Biochem.
Cell. Biol. 65:
899-908, 1987. |
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| 1988 |
Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
and NASIM,
A. A gene which encodes a
predicted protein kinase
can restore some functions of the RAS gene
in fission yeast. Embo.
J., 7(4):
985-993, 1988. |
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| 1989 |
Riazuddin,
S. and NASIM,
A. Future growth in biotechnology
in the developing countries.
Genome, Vol. 31(2): 1042-1045. |
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| 1990 |
Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
, and NASIM,
A. Schizosaccharomyces
pombe ras1
and byr1 are functionally related genes of
the ste family
that effect starvation-induced transcription
of mating-type genes. Molecular and Cellular
Biology, Vol. 10(2)
549-560, 1990.
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| Sunnerhagen,
P., Seaton, S.L., NASIM,
A. and Subramani,
S. Cloning and analysis of a gene involved
in DNA repair and recombination the rad1 of Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Molecular and Cellular Biology Vol. 10:
3750-3760, 1990.
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| 1993 |
NASIM,
A.
and Hannan, M.A.
Cellular recovery, DNA repair and
mutagenesis - A Tale of Two Yeasts, Mutation
Research 259:
55-60, 1993. |
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| 1994 |
Hussain
S., Shamim A., Vencer
L., Butt Al., Al-Harithy
R., NASIM,
A. Determination of haemophilia
A carrier status
from hair samples using polymerase chain
reaction technique. Clinical
Genetics. Vol. 46:
263-267, 1994.
|
| Carr
AM., Schmidt H., Kirchhoff
S., Muriel WJ., Sheldrick
KS., Griffiths DJ., Basmacioglu
CN., Subramani
S., Clegg M., NASIM,
A. The rad16 gene of Schizosaccharomyces
pombe: a homolog
of the RAD1 gene of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Molecular
Cell Biology. Vol. 14(3):
2029-40, 1994. |
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| 1995 |
Tavassoli
M., Shayeghi M.,
NASIM,
A.,
Watts
FZ. Pombe
rad32 gene: a gene required for repair of
double strand breaks and recombination.
Nucleic Acids Res. Vol. 11;23(3):
383-8, 1995. |
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| 2000 |
Shakoori
A.R., Jamil R
and NASIM
A., Insecticide degrading yeast strains
isolated from industrial affluence.
Pakistan
J. Zool. Vol. 32(1):
1-10, 2000. |
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| 2.
Conference
Papers
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| 1969 |
NASIM,
A.
Observations on the types and frequencies of
complete and mosaic mutants after mutagenic
treatment of Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. in
Yeasts, Proc. 2nd Symposium on Yeasts held
in
Bratislava
. Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of
Sciences,
Bratislava
, July, 1969, page 343-348 |
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| 1981 |
NASIM,
A. Moranelli,
F., Seligy, V.L.,
Yaguchi, M.,
Stephen, E.R., James, A.P. Calleja,
G.B., Duck, P.D., Erratt,
J.A., Lau, R.H. and Whitwill,
S.T.
Use of
recombinant DNA techniques for the
development of amylolytic
strains of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
for alcohol production. Third Bioenergy
R&D Seminar, pages 140-143. |
|
| 1982 |
Moranelli,
F., Yaguchi, M.,
Lusena, C.V.,
Champagne
, C.C., Veliky,
I.
, NASIM,
A.,
Walker
, T., Yoo, B.Y.,
Levy-Rick, S., and Calleja,
G.B. Schwanniomyces:
Yeasts of potential Industrial Importance.
Proceedings of the Fourth Bioenergy
R&D Seminar,
Winnipeg
,
March 29-31, 521
-526 |
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| 1984 |
Erratt,
J.A. and NASIM,
A.
The characterization and
cloning of glucoamylase
genes from Saccharomyces
diastaticus.
Fifth Canadian Bioenergy
R&D Seminar. (S.Hasnain,
ed). Elsevier
Applied Science Publishers, pages 560-564.
|
NASIM,
A.
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Paksitan.
Presented at the
International Symposium on Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology held at
Karachi
,
January 2-4, 1989
.
|
| NASIM,
A.
Genetic Engineering and Biological
Diversity. Presented at
the Workshop for Policy Makers on
Environment and Development: The Science and
Technology Implications of the Brundtland
Commission’s Report held in
Trieste
,
Italy
.
October 21st, 1989
. |
|
| 1991 |
NASIM,
A.
Genetic Manipulation of amylolytic
yeasts for degradation of starch. In
*Biotechnology for Energy*. (Kauser,
S.M. Mujtaba Naqvi,
S.H. and Aleem,
M.I. eds. published by NIAB and NIBGE,
Faisalabad
,
Pakistan
), Proc. Int. Symp.
Biotechnology for Energy, pages 85-90. |
|
| 1992 |
Siddiqi,
Bashir A. and NASIM,
A.
The potential of Biotechnology for the
Third World
: The challenge of tomorrow.Proceedings
of a symposium on “Biotechnological
Applications for Food Security in Developing
Countries” held in
Delhi
. |
|
| 1993 |
NASIM,
A.
Amplification by
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) potential
applications in biotechnology for
environment and agriculture, Second
International Symposium on Genetic and
Biotechnology,
Karachi
,
Pakistan
.
|
| NASIM,
A.
Ethical Implications of Modern Researches in
Genetics. Proceedings of Seminar organized
by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization and the World Islamic
Call Society with the cooperation of the
Faculty of Science,
University
of
Qatar
. |
|
| 1995 |
NASIM,
A.
Genetic Manipulations, Biotechnology
and Ethical Issues: New Challenges for
the Muslim Scholars. International
Conference on Science in Islamic
Polity in the Twenty-first Century
(March 26-30) pp. 98-110
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| Human
Genome Project (HGP): Implications for
Sustainable Development in
Biotechnology for Sustainable
Development. Edited
by Kauser
A. Malik, NASIM
A. and Ahmad M. Khalid.
pp. 17-22 |
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| 1997 |
NASIM,
A.
Biospheric
Pollution Genetic Hazards and Risk
Assessment. Delivered
a lecture on Environmental Pollution
third national symposium on Modern
Trends in Contemporary Chemistry.
Feb., 24-26, 1997.
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NASIM,
A.
Genetic Hazards of Environmental
Mutagens and Carcinogens. Proceeding
of National Symposium on Modern Trends
in Contemporary Chemistry
Environmental Pollution. p.
188-201. Feb.,
24-26 1997.
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| NASIM,
A.
Plant Biotechnology in
Pakistan
. Country report presented at
Asia-Pacific Workshop on Biosafety
Environmental Impact Analysis of
Transgenic Plants held at M.S. Swaminathan
research Foundation. Aug., 97. |
|
| 1998 |
NASIM,
A.
Ethical Issues of the Human Genome
Project an Islamic Perspective. (Norio
Fujiki
& Darryl R.J. Macer
eds. Published by
Eubios
Ethics
Institute
Tsukuba
Science
City
,
Ibaraki
Japan
) The proceedings
of the UNESCO Asian Bioethics
Conference (ABC’ 97) pages 209-214.
|
| NASIM,
A.
50 Years of Biotechnology in
Pakistan
. Paper presented at 22nd
International
Nathiagali
Summer
College
on Physics & Contemporary Needs. |
|
| 2000 |
Nasim,
A. Information Technology: Impact
on Biological Sciences. Tenth
IAS conference on “Information
Technology for Development in the
Islamic World”
Tunis
,
Tunisia
. (in
press). |
|
| 2000 |
Shakoori,
A.R., Jamil,
R. and Nasim,
A., Insecticide degrading yeast
strains isolated from industrial
affluence.
Pakistan
J. Zool.
Vol. 32(1):
1-10. |
|
| 2000 |
Shakoori,
A.R., Jabeen,
S., Shakoori,
F. R., Dar, N., Riaz-ul-Haq
and Nasim, A., Cadmium
resistant yeast from industrial
effluents: Role in Environmental
Cleanup. Proc. of
Pakistan
Academy
of Sciences.
Vol. 37(2) 151-163. |
|
| 2001 |
Nasim,
A.. Biotechnology
for Sustainable Development.
Science Vision Vol. 7(1-2): 19-26. |
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| 2002 |
Nasim,
A..
Biotechnology in the Islamic World:
Challenges and Opportunities. Eleventh
IAS Conference, “Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering for Development in
the Islamic World.
Rabat
,
Morocco
. (in
press) |
|
| 2002 |
Nasim,
A. Ethical Issues of Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering: An Islamic
Perspective. Eleventh
IAS Conference, “Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering for Development in
the Islamic World.
Rabat
,
Morocco
. (in
press) |
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| 3.
Abstracts |
| 1964 |
Clarke,
C.H. and NASIM,
A. Mutant expression delay
in a nitrous acid forward mutation
system in S. Pombe.
Heredity.
|
|
NASIM,
A. Mutation Studies with
Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Yeast
Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 1, 10-11,
May 1964 |
|
| 1965 |
NASIM,
A.
Test for the induction by mutagenic
agents of replicating instabilities in
Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Microbal
Genetics Bulletin, 22,
10 April, 1965
|
|
| 1966 |
NASIM,
A.
The induction of
replicating instabilities in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Heredity 21, 528
|
|
| 1968 |
NASIM,
A.
The direction of
replicating instabilities in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Genetics.
|
NASIM,
A.
Mechanism of mosiac
production in microorganisms. Proc.
Int. Symposium on Genetic Effects of
Radiation and Radlo-Mimetic
Chemicals,
Koyoto
,
Japan
.
|
NASIM,
A.
Differential repair of induced lethal
and mutational damage in fission
yeast. Proc. 12th
Int. Congress of Genetics,
Tokyo
,
Japan
.
|
| NASIM,
A.
Comparative studies of radiation and chemicat
mutagenesis in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Presentations
at the Yeast Genetics Conference,
Osaka
,
Japan
. |
|
| 1969 |
NASIM,
A.
Spontaneous and induced mutations in
radiation-sensitive stains of yeast.
Can.
J. Genet and Cytol.
XI, 483
|
|
NASIM,
A.
X-ray induced replicating
instabilities in yeast. Genetics
61: S-43.
|
|
NASIM,
A.
X-ray induced replicating
instabilities in yeast. Genetics
61: S-43. |
|
| 1970 |
NASIM,
A.
Book Review of the Yeasts, Vol. 1,
Biology of Yeasts,Ed.
by AnthonyH.
Rose and J.S.
Harrison, Acadimic
Press,
London
and
New York
, 1969.
Can.
J. Genet. and
Cytol. 12,
No. 2: 403
|
NASIM,
A.
Analysis of yeast mutants showing
sensitivity both to radiation and
elevated temperature. Genetics
Soc. Of
America
Meeting,
Seattle
,
Washington
, Genetics
64: S45
|
NASIM,
A.
Analysis of yeast mutants showing
sensitivity both to radiation and
elevated temperature. Genetics
Soc. Of
America
Meeting,
Seattle
,
Washington
, Genetics
64: S45
|
|
| 1971 |
NASIM,
A.
and Smith, B.P. Genetic control of
temperature dependent radiation
sensitivity in yeast.
Can.
J. Genet. and
Cytol.
13, No. 3:641-642
|
| NASIM,
A.
Report on Fifth International Yeast
Genetics Conference, Health Physics
20, No.2: 228-229 |
|
| 1972 |
NASIM,
A.
Genetic Control of radiation
sensitivity and dark repair in Schizosaccharomyces
pombe. Yeast
Newsletter, Vol
XII (1): 30-31.
|
| NASIM,
A. and
Smith, B.P. Dark repair
inhibitors in fission yeast. Genetics,
71 (3 part 2): S43. |
|
| 1973 |
NASIM,
A.
Spontaneous and UV induced
mutations in radiation sensitive
strains of fission yeast.
Genetics, 72 (2 part 2):
191-192.
|
NASIM,
A.
and Smith, B.P. Pathways for
repair of radition
damage in fission yeast. canadian
Journal of Genetics and
Cytology. (formerly
PGSCA), 15(3):661.
|
| NASIM,
A.
Induction of mutations in super
sensitive strains of Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Mutat.
Res. Sect. Environ. Mutag.
Relat.
Subj., 21(4):228-229. |
|
| 1976 |
NASIM,
A.
Production of pure mutant clones
by repair of heteroduplex
DNA in yeast. canadian
Journal of Genetics and
Cytology, 18(3):568.
|
Hannan,
M.A. and NASIM,
A. Caffeine sensitive
repair pathway in yeast.
Canadian Journal of Genetics and
Cytology, 18(3):562.
|
Hannan,
M.A. and NASIM,
A. Variation in
radiation sensitivity during
growth phases in mutants of
Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Yeast Newsletter, Vol
XXIV (2): 67
|
NASIM,
A.
and Hannan,
M.A. Division-delay and
radiation sensitivity in Yeast.
Yeast Newsletter Vol. XXV(2):
6
|
| Hannan,
M.A. and NASIM,
A. Genetic effects of
the antitumor
antibiotic Bleomycin.
Yeast Newsletter Vol.
XXV(2):
7 |
|
| 1980 |
Nestmann,
E., Stephen, E. Kowbel,
D. and NASIM,
A. Differential
survival test in yeast for the
identification of chemicals with
potential genetic activity.
Canadian Jour. of Genetics and
Cytology, XXII(4):
673 |
|
| 1981 |
Nestmann,
E.R., Kowbel,
D.J. and NASIM,
A. Differential
survival test in yeast for the
identification of chemicals with
potential genetic activity.
Canadian Journal of Genetics and
Cytology, XXII(4):673.
|
Nestmann,
E.R., Kowbel,
D.J. and NASIM,
A. Effect of 2 mum
DNA on survival and mutagenesis
in Saccharomyces
cerevislae.
Environmental Mutagenesis, Vol.3(3):
p.389.
|
Vidoll,
R.P., Nestmann,
E.R., Kowbel,
D.J. and NASIM,
A.Pre-and
post-replicative
mutagenesis of RAD and rad
1-1 strains of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.
Genetics, 97(1): Supplement
S108-109.
|
Calleja,
G.B., Levy-Rick, S., NASIM,
A. and Moranelli,
F. Development of extracellular
amylolytic
activity in Schwanniomyces
alluvius:
Temperature sensitivity and catabilite
repression. The
Molecular Biology of Yeast,
Cold
Spring
Harbor
Laboratory
Meeting.
|
Moranelli,
F., Calleja,
G.B., Lau, R.H. and NASIM,
A. Purification and
characterization of an extracellular
amylolytic
activity from the yeast schwanniomyces
alluvius.
Proceedings Canadian Federation
of Biological Socities,
Volume 24, page 178.
|
Calleja,
G.B., Moranelli,
F., NASIM,
A., Duck, P.D. and
Levy-Rick, S. Monitoring
population growth and extracellular
amylolutic
activity in Schwanniomyces
species. In VII International
Specialized Symposium on Yeast.
Valencia
, September
23-26, page 48.
|
| Lusena,
C.V., NASIM,
A., Moranelli,
F. and Calleja,
G.B. Secretion and excretion of amylolytic
activities in Schwanniomyces
alluvlus.
VII
International Specialized
Symposium on
Yeast
,
Valencia
,
Spain
. |
|
| 1982 |
Levy-Rick,
S., Champangne,
C.C., Yaguchi,
M., Lusena,
C.V., Calleja,
G.B. and NASIM,
A.
Conversion
of Strach
to single-cell protien
by the yeast Schwanniomyces
alluvius.
Annual
Meeting, Canadian Society of
Microbiologists,
Quebec City
, page 116.
|
Calleja,
G.B., NASIM,
A., Levy-Rick, S., Moranelli,
F., Stephen, E.,
Champagne
, C., and Lusena,
C.V. Strain development of Schwanniomyces
species for potential
industrial use in alcohol
production from various
carbohydrate sources. Fourth
International Symposium on
Genetics of Industrial
Microorganisms, Koyto.
Page 104
|
Calleja,
G.B., Rick, S.L., NASIM,
A., Lusena,
C.V.,
Champagne
, C.C., Veliky,
I.A., and Moranelli,
F.
Ethanol
production from strach
and other carbohydrates by the
yeast Schwanniomyces
alluvius.
XIIIth
International Congress of
Microbiology,
Boston
, page 169.
|
Moranelli,
F., Lusena,
C.V., NASIM,
A., and Calleja,
G.B. Resolution and
characterization of the estracellular
amylolytic
activities of the yeast Schwanniomyces
alluvius.
XIIIth
International Congress of
Microbiology,
Boston
, page 168.
|
Vidoli,
R., Yamazaki, H., Veliky,
I.
, and NASIM,
A. Enhancement of
protoplast fusion frequency in Schwanniomyces
alluvius.
Eleventh International
Conference Yeast Genetics and
Molecular Biology,
Montpellier
,
France
, page 122.
|
NASIM,
A.,
Stephen, E., Calleja,
G.B., Lusena,
C.V. and Moranelli,
F., Isolation and
characterization of Schwanniomyces
alluvius
mutants with altered levels of extracellular
amylolytic
activity. Eleventh International
Conference Yeast Genetics and
Molecular Biology,
Montpellier
,
France
, page 126.
|
| James,
A.P., NASIM,
A., Seligy,
V.L., Irving, R.A., Barton,
N.J., Erratt,
J.A., Douglas, P.E., Duck, P., Whitwill,
S.T and Lau, R.H. Development of
an amylolytic
Saccharomyces
cerevisale
by genetic engineering.
Proceeding of the Bioenergy
R&D Seminar,
Winnipeg
, March 29-31 |
|
| 1985 |
Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
,
Yang, R.C.A., Narang,
S.A. and NASIM,
A. Characterization
of RAS gene from the fission
yeast Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Meeting on “Molecular Biology
of Yeast”,
Cold
Spring
Harbor
Laboratory
,
N.Y.
,
U.S.A.
, Aug. 13-18, Page 227. |
|
| 1986 |
Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
, NASIM,
A., and Beach, D. RAS
function in fission yeast. 13th
International Conference on
Yeast Genetics and Molecular
Biology, Aug. 31-Sept. 5,
Banff
,
Alta
,
Canada
. See
Yeast 2, page 257. |
|
| 1987 |
Nadin-Davis,
S.A.and
NASIM,
A.
A putative protein kinase
encoded by the Byr1 gene
bypasses the sporulation
defect of ras1-fission yeast.
Meeting on “Yeast Cell
Biology”,
Cold
Spring
Harbor
Laboratory
,
N.Y.
,
U.S.A.
, Aug. 11-16, Page 47. |
|
| 1988 |
Broughtow,
S.,
Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
, Stephen,
E. and NASIM,
A.
Cloning
and molecular characterization
of the RAD10 gene of fission
yeast. Genome 30, suppl
1, page.161
|
Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
, and NASIM,
A. Charachterziation
of the physiological role of the
RAS/BYR pathway in fission
yeast. Genome suppl
1, page 214
|
NASIM,
A.,
Achadramoorthy,
Y., Dove, M., Hefford,
M., Stephen, E., Sellgy,
V.L. Application of radation
sensitive hypermutable
strains of the yeast Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Genome 30, suppl
1, page 434
|
| Sellgy,
V.L., Curran,
I.
, Dove, M., Gines,
M.J., Shwed,
P., Stephen, E., Sung, W.,
NASIM,
A.
Processing
of heterologous
introns
in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces
pombe.
Genome 30, suppl
1, page 434 |
|
| 1989 |
Comparative
genetics of budding and fission
yeasts. Genome 31 (1), page 480 |
|
| 1991 |
Hussion,
S., Al-Nuaim,
A., Abdulkareem,
M., Ashraf Ali, M., Akhtar, M., Bakheet,
S., Ingemansson,
S., NASIM,
A., Al-Sedairy,
S., Tan.J.
and
Ahmed, M. Study of c-myc
truncation in thyroid carcinomas
using polymerase chain reaction
(PCR). 73rd Annual Meeting The
Endocrine Society,
Washington
,
D.C.
page 1481 |
|
| 1992 |
Hussain,
S., Al-Nuaim,
A., Abdulkareem,
S., Ingemansson,
S., Al-Sedairy,
S., Butt, A.I., Ahmed, M. and NASIM,
A.
Aneuploidy
and structural rearrangements of
oncogenes
c-erbB,
c-erB2 and C-erbA
in thyroid carcinoma, Ninth
Intl. Cong. Endocrinol,
NICE,
France
.
|
| Al-Sedairy,
S.T., Parhar,
R.S., NASIM,
A. and Hannan,
M.A., Immunosuppressive effects
of organic extracts of air
particulates after Gulf War. Ist
International Conference on
Environmental Mutagenesis in
Human Populations at Risk,
Cario
,
Egypt
. |
|
| 1995 |
NASIM,
A.,
DNA Repair Studies with yeast:
Possible significance for
molecular understanding of human
diseases. Second
national symposium on basic and
applied research in health care
and social development.
23 & 24 Sept., 1995. |
|
| 1997 |
NASIM,
A.
Yeast Genetics: Role in
Biotechnology. National
Symposium of the Biotechnology
Society of
Pakistan
(BSP). |
|
|
| 4.
Book Chapters |
| 1978 |
NASIM,
A.
and James, A.P. Life under
conditions of high irradiation.
In Microbial Life in Extreme
Environments, D. Kushner (ed).
Academic Press, pp. 409-439 |
|
| 1984 |
Hannan,
M.A. and NASIM,
A.
Repair Mechanisms and
mutagenesis in microorganisms. In
“Microorganisms” (
Hurst
A. and NASIM,
A. Eds).
Academic Press,
New York
, N.Y.P. 126-148 |
|
| 1985 |
Potter,
A.A., NASIM,
A., Zitomer,
R.S. and Hollenberg,
C.P.
Gene
Cloning in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.
In “Recombinant DNA
Methodology”
John Wiley and
Sons,
New York
, N.Y.P.
128-146 |
|
| 1987 |
James,
A.P. and NASIM,
A.
Effects
of Radiation on Yeast. In
“The Yeasts”, Vol. 2 (Rose,
A.H. and Harrison, J.S. ed.)
Academic Press, Inc. pp. 73-97 |
|
| 1989 |
Nadin-Davis
,
S.A.
, NASIM,
A., Fukui, Y.
and
Yamamoto, M.
Oncogene
Homologs
in “Molecular
Biology and orphogenesis
of FissionYeast”
(NASIM,
A., Young, P. and
Johnson, B. eds.) Academic
Press, p. 98-127. |
|
|
| 5.
Book
Reviews |
| Nasim,
A. (1998) Book Review on
Cloning-An Introduction by Dr.
Abdul Rauf
Shakoori
and Farkhanda
Manzoor.
Pakistan
J. Zool,
30: 273-274. |
|
| 6.
Books |
Hurst, A. and
NASIM,
A. (1984). Repairable
Lesions in
Microorganisms.
Academic Press,
New
York.
|
Dillon, J.R., NASIM,
A., Nestmann,
E.R. (1985). Recombinant
DNA Methodology. John
Wiley & Sons,
New York
. Translated
into Japanese.
|
NASIM,
A., Young, P.
and
Johnson, B.F.
(1989). Molecular
Biology of the Fission Yeast.
Academic Press,
New York.
|
|
Chopra,
V.L. and NASIM,
A. (1990). Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology. Oxford
& IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi
,
India
.
|
NASIM,
A.
(1992). Genetic
Engineering - State of the Art,
150 pages. A monograph
prepared for Islamic Educational
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (ISESCO)
Rabat
,
Morocco
. Translated
into Arabic and French.
|
| Kauser
A. Malik,
NASIM,
A. and Ahmed M.
Khalid (1995) Biotechnology for
sustainable development. (NIBGE),
Faisalabad
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