Molecular biology
Robert Franklin Weaver.
- 4. ed.
- Boston McGraw Hill Higher Education c2008.
- xxii, 890 p. ill. 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A brief history -- The molecular nature of genes -- An introduction to gene function -- Molecular cloning methods -- Molecular tools for studying genes and gene activity -- The mechanisms of transcription in bacteria -- Operons : fine control of bacterial transcription -- Major shifts in bacterial transcription -- DNA--Protein interactions in bacteria -- Eukaryotic RNA polymerases and their promoters -- General transcription factors in eukaryotes -- Transcription activators in eukaryotes -- Chromatin structure and its effects on transcription -- Messenger RNA processing I : splicing -- Messenger RNA processing II : capping and polyadenylation -- Other RNA Processing events -- The mechanisms of translation I : Initiation -- The mechanisms of translation II : Elongation and termination -- Ribosomes and transfer RNA -- DNA replication I : basic mechanism and enzymology -- DNA replication II : detailed mechanism -- Holologous recombination -- Transportation -- Genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics.