Molecular biology of the gene/

Other Authors: Watson, James D.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, Calif.: Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Pearson/Benjamin Cummings ; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2008
Edition:6th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Mendelian view of the world
  • Nucleic acids convey genetic information
  • The importance of weak chemical interactions
  • The importance of high-energy bonds
  • Weak and strong bonds determine macromolecular structure
  • The structures of DNA and RNA
  • Genome structure, chromatin, and the nucleosome
  • The replication of DNA
  • The mutability and repair of DNA
  • Homologous recombination at the molecular level
  • Site-specific recombination and transposition of DNA
  • Mechanisms of transcription
  • RNA splicing
  • Translation
  • The genetic code
  • Transcriptional regulation in prokaryotes
  • Transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes
  • Regulatory RNAs
  • Gene regulation in development and evolution
  • Genome analysis and systems biology
  • Techniques of molecular biology
  • Model organisms.