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Watson, James D.

Molecular biology of the gene/ James D. Watson, Tania A. Baker, Stephen P. Bell, Alexander Gann, Michael Levine and Richard Losick - 6th ed. - San Francisco: Pearson Education, 2008. - xxxii, 841 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9780805395921

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Molecular genetics
Molecular biology
Genetics
Cytology

Dewey Class. No.: 572.8 / WAT/M