Molecular Biology of the Gene, 7/e Book

I. HISTORY

1. Mendelian View of the World

2. Nucleic Acids Convey Genetic Information

II. STRUCTURE AND STUDY OF MACROMOLECULES

3. Weak and strong chemical bonds.

4. The Structure of DNA

5. The Structure of RNA

6. The Structure of Proteins and Protein: Nucleic Acid Interactions

7. Techniques of Molecular Biology

III. MAINTENANCE OF THE GENOME

8. Genome Structure, Chromatin and the Nucleosome

9. The Replication of DNA

10. The Mutability and Repair of DNA

11. Homologous Recombination at the Molecular Level

12. Site Specific Recombination and Transposition of DNA

IV. EXPRESSION OF THE GENOME

13. Mechanisms of Transcription

14. RNA Splicing

15. Translation

16. The Genetic Code

17. Origins and early evolution of life

V. REGULATION

18. Transcriptional Regulation in Prokaryotes

19. Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes

20. Regulatory RNAs

21. Gene Regulation in Development and Evolution

22. Systems Biology

APPENDIX:

Model Organisms