cox2e_ch102

Contents in Brief

I	FOUNDATIONS
1	Evolution, Science, and Molecular Biology
2	DNA: The Repository of Biological Information
3	Chemical Basis of Information Molecules
4	Protein Structure
5	Protein Function
II	NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE AND METHODS
6	DNA and RNA Structure
7	Studying Genes
8	Genomes, Transcriptomes, and Proteomes
9	Topology: Functional Deformations of DNA
10	Nucleosomes, Chromatin, and Chromosome Structure
III	INFORMATION TRANSFER
11	DNA Replication
12	DNA Mutation and Repair
13	Recombinational DNA Repair and Homologous Recombination
14	Site-Specific Recombination and Transposition
15	Transcription: DNA-Dependent Synthesis of RNA
16	RNA Processing
17	The Genetic Code
18	Protein Synthesis
IV	REGULATION
19	Regulating the Flow of Information
20	The Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteria
21	The Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
22	The Posttranscriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
	Model Organisms Appendix
	Glossary
	Solutions to Problems
	Index

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