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Genes IV / Benjamin Lewin.

By: Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.Description: xxii, 857 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0198542682 :
  • 0198542674 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • QU 450 L672g 1990
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Contents:
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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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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