12th edition. — Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2018. — 3194 p.
Now in its twelfth edition, this classic text continues to lead with new information and cutting-edge developments, covering gene structure, sequencing, organization, and expression. Leading scientists provide revisions and updates in their respective areas of study offering readers current research and relevant information on the rapidly changing subjects in molecular biology. No other text offers a broader understanding of this exciting and vital science or does so with higher quality art and illustrations.
Genes and ChromosomesGenes Are DNA and Encode RNAs and Polypeptides
Methods in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering
The Interrupted Gene
The Content of the Genome
Genome Sequences and Evolution
Clusters and Repeats
Chromosomes
Chromatin
DNA Replication and RecombinationReplication Is Connected to the Cell Cycle
The Replicon: Initiation of Replication
DNA Replication
Extrachromosomal Replicons
Homologous and Site-Specific Recombination
Repair Systems
Transposable Elements and Retroviruses
Somatic DNA Recombination and Hypermutation in the Immune System
Transcription and Posttranscriptional MechanismsProkaryotic Transcription
Eukaryotic Transcription
RNA Splicing and Processing
mRNA Stability and Localization
Catalytic RNA
Translation
Using the Genetic Code
Gene RegulationThe Operon
Phage Strategies
Eukaryotic Transcription Regulation
Epigenetics I
Epigenetics II
Noncoding RNA
Regulatory RNA