Table of Contents

 

 

 

PART I

GENES

1

Chapter 1

Genes are DNA

2

Chapter 2

Genes Code for Proteins

29

Chapter 3

The Interrupted Gene

50

Chapter 4

The Content of the Genome

71

Chapter 5

Genome Sequences and Gene Numbers

97

Chapter 6

Clusters and Repeats

121

PART II

PROTEINS

154

Chapter 7

Messenger RNA

155

Chapter 8

Translation

183

Chapter 9

Using the Genetic Code

217

Chapter 10

Protein Localization

242

PART III

PROKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION

263

Chapter 11

Bacterial Transcription

264

Chapter 12

The Operon

294

Chapter 13

Regulatory RNA

320

Chapter 14

Phage Strategies

340

PART IV

DNA REPLICATION AND RECOMBINATION

368

Chapter 15

The Replicon

369

Chapter 16

Extrachromosomal Replicons

385

Chapter 17

Bacterial Replication is Connected to the Cell Cycle

402

Chapter 18

DNA Replication

421

Chapter 19

Homologous and Site-Specific Recombination

446

Chapter 20

Repair Systems

475

Chapter 21

Transposons, Retroviruses, and Retrotransposons

500

Chapter 22

Immune Diversity

534

Chapter 23

Chromosomes

560

PART V

EUKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION

582

Chapter 24

Chromatin

583

Chapter 25

Eukaryotic Transcription

612

Chapter 26

Eukaryotic Transcription Regulation

633

Chapter 27

Epigenetic Effects are Inherited

668

Chapter 28

RNA Splicing and Processing

691

Chapter 29

Catalytic RNA

723

Chapter 30

Genetic Engineering

745

 

Glossary

767

Appendix

Answers to Even-Numbered Questions

790

 

Index

792