Genes

Author(s)

• Lewin, Benjamin

Bibliographic Information

Genes

Benjamin Lewin, editor

Wiley, c1987

3rd ed

• [hbk]
• [pbk]

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book offers an up-to-date treatment of the molecular genetics of both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, along with related cell and molecular biology. The revisions reflect the explosion of new information, greater coverage of developmental biology, and an expansion of introductory and explanatory material. It approaches the study of genetics from the perspective of the gene and addresses the questions of what a gene is, how it reproduces, how it is expressed, and what controls its expression. Also explained is how a gene is represented in protein, and works backward at the molecular level to the DNA itself. The biochemical basis for heredity, transcription and its regulation, processing RNA in eukaryotes and development during embryogensis are topics also discussed in the book.

Table of Contents

• DNA AS A STORE OF INFORMATION: Genes are Mutable Units
• DNA is the Genetic Material
• The Topology of Nucleic Acids
• Isolating the Gene
• TURNING GENES INTO PROTEINS: The Assembly Line for Protein Synthesis
• Transfer RNA: The Translational Adaptor
• The Ribosome Translation Factory
• The Messenger RNA Template
• CONTROLLING GENE EXPRESSION BY TRANSCRIPTION: RNA Polymerase-Promoter Interactions Control Initiation
• A Panoply of Operons: The Lactose Paradigm and Others
• Control at Termination: Attenuation and Antitermination
• Lytic Cascades and Lysogenic Repression
• PERPETUATION OF DNA: The Replicon: Unit of Replication
• The Apparatus for DNA Replication
• Systems that Safeguard DNA
• CONSTITUTION OF THE EUKARYOTIC GENOME: The Extraordinary Power of DNA Technology
• A Continuum of Sequences Includes Structural Genes
• The Organization of Interrupted Genes
• CLUSTERS OF RELATED SEQUENCES: Structural Genes Belong to Families of Various Sizes
• Genomes Sequestered in Organelles
• Organization of Simple Sequence Date
• REACHING MATURITY: RNA PROCESSING: Cutting and Trimming Stable RNA
• RNA as Catalyst: Mechanisms of Splicing
• Epilogue
• Glossary
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA00481183
• ISBN:
  • 0471832782
  • 0471852279
• LCCN: 86018959
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 761 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 467
  • LCC : QH430
  • DC19 : 575.1
  • NDLC : RA111
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Genetics