The purpose of this book is to account for the structure and function of genes in terms of extensive knowledge about both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It explains what a gene is, how it is reproduced and what controls its expression. This new edition has completely new chapters on protein trafficking and eukaryotic gene transcription. It has a new introduction to the subject, making the book more approachable to less advanced students. Chapters on bacterial transcriptions, post-transcriptional control, interrupted gene structure, RNA splicing, transposons in bacteria, transposable elements in eukaryotes, gene expression in development, and the role of oncogenes in carcinogenesis have been completely rewritten.
- ISBN10 0198542674
- ISBN13 9780198542674
- Publish Date 1 January 1990
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 November 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Edition 4th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 879
- Language English