Gene Structure and Expression

This third edition of a successful textbook is a concise description of the structure and function of genes.

John D. Hawkins (Author)

9780521560436, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 September 1996

230 pages, 102 b/w illus. 36 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.48 kg

'This slim and economically priced book covers an enormous amount of ground, reviewing much of molecular genetics in its path.' Mark X. Caddick, Heredity

This book, first published in 1996, is a concise yet fully informative coverage of the structure and function of genes. It describes DNA and how it replicates, how DNA is transcribed and translated into proteins, the organisation of genes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, the control of gene expression and the role of retroviruses and oncogenes in cancer. There are additional discussions of gene families, genes and the immune systems and mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes. This is a third edition of a successful undergraduate text. It has been extensively updated, particularly in regard to advances in our understanding of replication and transcription.

Introduction to the third edition
Introduction to the second edition
Introduction to the first edition
List of abbreviations
1. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
2. Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
3. Methodology
4. Prokaryotic DNA replication and gene expression
5. The operon concept
6. Eukaryotic gene organisation and replication
7. Eukaryotic transcription
8. Post-transcriptional processing of RNA
9. Oncogenes
10. Haemoglobin
11. Proteins of the immune system
12. Some gene families
13. Mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes
14. Different and evolving genomes
Glossary
Reading lists
Index.

Subject Areas: Molecular biology [PSD], Genetics [non-medical PSAK]