Molecular biology of the gene /

Molecular biology of the gene / James D. Watson ... [et al.]. - 6th ed. - San Francisco : Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Pearson/Benjamin Cummings ; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2008. - xxxii, 841 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780805395921 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Bioinformatics.


Gene Expression Regulation.
Cytogenetics.
Gene Expression.
Genetic Techniques.
Molecular genetics.
Molecular biology.
Molecular Biology.

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