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Molecular Biology, 3/e
Robert F. Weaver


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C O N T E N T S

About the Author iv
Preface xii
Acknowledgments xv
Guide to Experimental Techniques in Molecular Biology xvi

PART I
Introduction

CHAPTER 1
A Brief History 1

CHAPTER 2
The Molecular Nature of Genes 17

CHAPTER 3
An Introduction to Gene Function 37

PART II
Methods of Molecular Biology

CHAPTER 4
Molecular Cloning Methods 58

CHAPTER 5
Molecular Tools for Studying Genes and Gene Activity 90

PART III
Transcription in Prokaryotes

CHAPTER 6
The Mechanism of Transcription in Prokaryotes 132

CHAPTER 7
Operons: Fine Control of Prokaryotic Transcription 182

CHAPTER 8
Major Shifts in Prokaryotic Transcription 212

CHAPTER 9
DNA–Protein Interactions in Prokaryotes 242

PART IV
Transcription in Eukaryotes

CHAPTER 10
Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases and Their Promoters 271

CHAPTER 11
General Transcription Factors in Eukaryotes 302

CHAPTER 12
Transcription Activators in Eukaryotes 342

CHAPTER 13
Chromatin Structure and Its Effects on Transcription 385

PART V
Posttranscriptional Events

CHAPTER 14
Messenger RNA Processing I: Splicing 424

CHAPTER 15
Messenger RNA Processing II: Capping and Polyadenylation 470

CHAPTER 16
Other RNA Processing Events 510

PART VI
Translation

Chapter 17
The Mechanism of Translation I: Initiation 545

CHAPTER 18
The Mechanism of Translation II: Elongation and Termination 585

CHAPTER 19
Ribosomes and Transfer RNA 630

PART VII
DNA Replication, Recombination, and Transposition

CHAPTER 20
DNA Replication I: Basic Mechanism and Enzymology 665

CHAPTER 21
DNA Replication II: Detailed Mechanism 711

CHAPTER 22
Homologous Recombination 748

CHAPTER 23
Transposition 773

PART VIII
Genomes

CHAPTER 24
Genomics and Proteomics 804

Glossary 854

Index 879

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