First Edition. Language: English. ISBN: 0198542887. EAN: 9780198542889.

Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.

Physical description; xxiv, 1272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Notes; 1st to 3rd editions published by Wiley. With transparencies. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction--CELLS AS MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES-- 1. Cells Obey the Laws of Physics and Chemistry-- 2. Cells Are Organized Into Compartments-- PART 1: 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 2: TRANSLATION: EXPRESSING GENES AS PROTEINS--7. The Assembly Line for Protein Synthesis--8. Transfer RNA Is the Translational Adapter --9. Ribosomes Provide a Translation factory--10. Messenger RNA Is the Template--PART 3: CONSTRUCTING THE CELL--11. The Apparatus for Protein Localization --12. Receptors and Signal Transduction: Channels and Ion Uptake--13. Cell Cycle and Growth Regulation-- PART 4: CONTROL OF PROKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION-14. Control at Initiation: RNA Polymerase-Promoter Interactions--15. A Panoply of Operons: the Lactose Paradigm and Others --16. Control by RNA Structure: Termination and Antitermination--17. Phage Strategies: Lytic Cascades and Lysogenic Repression--PART 5: PERPETUATION OF DNA--18. The Replicon: Unit of Replication --19. Primosomes and Replisomes: the Apparatus for DNA Replication--20. Systems that Safeguard DNA --PART 6: ORGANIZATION OF THE EUKARYOTIC GENE--21. The Extraordinary Power of DNA Technology--22. Genome Size and Genetic Content--23. The Eukaryotic Gene: Conserved Exons and Unique Introns--24. Gene Numbers: Repetition and Redundancy--25. Genomes Sequestered in Organelles--26. Organization of Simple Sequence DNA--27. The Genome is Packaged into Chromosomes--28. Chromosomes Consist of Nucleosomes--PART 7: EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTION AND RNA PROCESSING --29. Building the Transcription Complex: Promoters, Factors, and RNA Polymerases--30. Regulation of Transcription: Factors that Activate the Basal Apparatus--31. The Apparatus for Nuclear Splicing--32. RNA as Catalyst: Changing the Informational Content of RNA--PART 8: THE DYNAMIC GENOME: DNA IN FLUX --33. Recombination of DNA--34. Transposons that Mobilize via DNA--35. Retroviruses and Retroposons--36. Rearrangement and Amplification in the Genome--PART 9: GENES IN DEVELOPMENT --37. Generation of Immune Diversity by Gene Reorganization--38. Gene Regulation in Development: Gradients and Cascades--39. Oncogenes: Genes Expression and Cancer--Epilogue--Landmark Shifts in Perspective--Glossary--Index. Subjects; Genetics. Genes. Cytology. DNA. RNA. Genomes. Chromosomes. Nucleic acids. Genetics. Genes. Genes physiology. DNA genetics. Genetic Phenomena. Genome. Proteins genetics. RNA genetics. Cell Physiological Phenomena. Genetic Processes. Genes. Genetics.



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