Molecular biology of the gene

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, James D. , 1928- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y : Pearson/Benjamin Cummings ; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press , c2008
Edition:6th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Mendelian view of the world
  • 2. Nucleic acids convey genetic information
  • 3. The importance of weak chemical interactions
  • 4. The importance of high-energy bonds
  • 5. Weak and strong bonds determine macromolecular structure
  • 6. The structures of DNA and RNA
  • 7. Genome structure, chromatin, and the nucleosome
  • 8. The replication of DNA
  • 9. The mutability and repair of DNA
  • 10. Homologous recombination at the molecular level
  • 11. Site-specific recombination and transposition of DNA
  • 12. Mechanisms of transcription
  • 13. RNA splicing
  • 14. Translation
  • 15. The genetic code
  • 16. Transcriptional regulation in prokaryotes
  • 17. Transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes
  • 18. Regulatory RNAs
  • 19. Gene regulation in development and evolution
  • 20. Genome analysis and systems biology
  • 21. Techniques of molecular biology
  • 22. Model organisms