Genes VII / Benjamin Lewin.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.

xvii, 990 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Ch. 1. Genes are DNA -- Ch. 2. From genes to genomes -- Ch. 3. How many genes are there? -- Ch. 4. Clusters and repeats -- Ch. 5. Messenger DNA -- Ch. 6. Protein synthesis -- Ch. 7. Using the genetic code -- Ch. 8. Protein localization -- Ch. 9. Transcription -- Ch. 10. The operon -- Ch. 11. Phage strategies -- Ch. 12. The replicon -- Ch. 13. DNA replication -- Ch. 14. Recombination and repair -- Ch. 15. Transposons -- Ch. 16. Retroviruses and retroposons -- Ch. 17. Rearrangement of DNA -- Ch. 18. Chromosomes -- Ch. 19. Nucleosomes -- Ch. 20. Initiation of transcription -- Ch. 21. Regulation of transcription -- Ch. 22. Nuclear splicing -- Ch. 23. Catalytic RNA -- Ch. 24. Immune diversity -- Ch. 25. Protein trafficking -- Ch. 26. Signal transduction -- Ch. 27. Cell cycle and growth regulation -- Ch. 28. Oncogenes and cancer -- Ch. 29. Gradients, cascades, and signaling pathways.

Includes bibliographical references and index.