Lewin, Benjamin

Genes VII. / Benjamin Lewin - New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. - xvii, 990p.: ills.; 28cm.

Includes index and glossary.

Content: Genes: Genes are DNA -- From genes to genomes -- How many genes are there? -- Clusters and repeats -- Proteins: Messenger DNA -- Protein synthesis -- Using the genetic code -- Protein localization -- mRNA: Transcription -- The operon -- Phage strategies -- DNA: The replicon -- DNA replication -- Recombination and repair -- Transposons -- Retroviruses and retroposons -- Rearrangement of DNA -- The nucleus: Chromosomes -- Nucleosomes -- Initiation of transcription -- Regulation of transcription -- Nuclear splicing -- Catalytic RNA -- Immune diversity -- Cells: Protein trafficking -- Signal transduction -- Cell cycle and growth regulation -- Oncogenes and cancer -- Gradients, cascades, and signaling pathways.

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