Updates for the new edition - brief description
Successive editions have provided an integrated account of the whole field of modern molecular genetics and this edition continues that approach, providing a new synthesis and continuing the greater emphasis, first seen in Genes V, on how genes functions in their biological context.The content has been extensively updated and restructured. The book begins with an introductory overview of material that the student should have encountered in previous courses.
There follows a detailed examination of the role and function of DNA.
The third part of the book discusses translation and has been updated to reflect new knowledge.
The sections on gene expression have been thoroughly modernized and updated.
The book concludes with chapters examining in detail the role of genes in some of the key areas of molecular cell biology research, development, and oncogenesis.