Genes IV / Benjamin Lewin.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.Description: xxii, 857 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 0198542682 :
- 0198542674 (pbk.) :
- QU 450 L672g 1990
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Includes bibliographical references.
Content
INTRODUCTION: Cells as Macromolecular Assemblies
1. Cells Obey the Laws of Physics and Chemistry
2. Cells are Organized into Compartments
PART I: DNA as a Store of Information
3. Genes are Mutable Units
4. DNA is the Genetic Material
5. The Topology of Nucleic Acids
6. Isolating the Gene
PART II: Translation--Expressing Genes as Proteins
7. The Assembly Line for Protein Synthesis
8. Transfer RNA: The Translational Adaptor
9. The Ribosome Translation Factory
10. The Messenger RNA Template
11. The Apparatus for Protein Localization
PART III: Transcription--Control of Prokaryotic Genes
12. Control at Initiation: RNA Polymerase-Promoter Interactions
13. A Panoply of Operons: The Lactose Paradigm and Others
14. Post-Transcriptional Feedback and Control
15. Control at Termination: Attenuation and Antitermination
16. Lytic Cascades and Lysogenic Repression
PART IV: Perpetuation of DNA
17. The Replicon: Unit of Replication
18. The Apparatus for DNA Replication
19. Systems that Safeguard DNA
PART V: The Packaging of DNA
20. About Genomes and Chromosomes
21. Organization of Nucleosomes in Chromatin
22. The Nature of Active Chromatin
PART VI: Constitution of the Eukaryotic Genome
23. The Extraordinary Power of DNA Technology
24. A Continuum of Sequences Includes Structural Genes
25. The Organization of Interrupted Genes
26. Structural Genes Evolve in Families
27. Genomes Sequestered in Organelles
28. Organization of Simple Sequence DNA
PART VII: Eukaryotic Transcription and RNA Processing
29. Building the Transcription Complex
30. Mechanisms of RNA Splicing
31. Control of RNA Processing
PART VIII: The Dynamic Genome--DNA in Flux
32. Recombination and Other Topological Manipulations of DNA
33. Transposons that Mobilize via DNA
34. Retroviruses and Retroposons
35. Engineering Changes in the Genome
PART IX: Genes in Development
36. Generation of Immune Diversity Involves Reorganization of the Genome
37. Regulation by Gene Rearrangement
38. Gene Regulation in Development: Gradients and Cascades
39. Oncogenes: Gene Expression and Cancer
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