Essential genes
By: Benjamin Lewin.
Contributors: Lewin, Benjamin.
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9780131489882; 9780132016360
Subjects: Genetics; Genes
Notes: Updated ed. of: Genes VIII.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: DNA is the hereditary material; title: Genes code for proteins; title: Genes may be interrupted; title: The content of the genome; title: Genome sequences and gene numbers; title: Clusters and repeats; title: Messenger RNA; title: Protein synthesis; title: Using the genetic code; title: Protein localization requires special signals; title: Transcription; title: The operon; title: Regulatory RNA; title: Phage strategies; title: The replicon; title: Extrachromosomal replicons; title: Bacterial replication is connected to the cell cycle; title: DNA replication; title: Homologous and site-specific recombination; title: Repair systems handle damage to DNA; title: Transposons; title: Retroviruses and retroposons; title: Recombination in the immune system; title: Promoters and enhancers; title: Regulating eukaryotic transcription; title: RNA splicing and processing; title: Catalytic RNA; title: Chromosomes; title: Nucleosomes; title: Chromatin structure is a focus for regulation; title: Epigenetic effects are inherited; title: Genetic engineering.