Molecular biology

Molecular Biology, Third Edition, provides a thoroughly revised, invaluable resource for college and university students in the life sciences, medicine and related fields. This esteemed text continues to meet the needs of students and professors by offering new chapters on RNA, genome defense, and epigenetics, along with expanded coverage of RNAi, CRISPR, and more ensuring topical content for a new class of students. This volume effectively introduces basic concepts that are followed by more specific applications as the text evolves. Includes an Academic Cell Study Guide that ties all articles from the text with concurrent case studies. -- Publisher.

Unit 1: Basic Chemical and Biological Principles: Cells and Organisms -- Basic Genetics -- Nucleic Acids and Proteins -- Genes, Genomes, and DNA -- Manipulation of Nucleic Acids -- Unit 2: The Genome: The Polymerase Chain Reaction -- Cloning Genes for Synthetic Biology -- DNA Sequencing -- Genomics and Systems Biology -- Unit 3: The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology: Cell Division and DNA Replication -- Transcription of Genes -- Processing of RNA -- Protein Synthesis -- Protein Structure and Function -- Proteomics: Global Analysis of Proteins -- Unit 4: Regulating Gene Expression: Regulation of Transcription in Prokaryotes -- Regulation of Transcription in Eukaryotes -- Regulation of Protein Synthesis -- Noncoding RNA -- Genome Defense -- Analysis of Gene Expression -- Epigenetics and Epigenomics -- Unit 5: Subcellular Life Forms: Plasmids -- Viruses, Viroids, and Prions -- Mobile DNA -- Unit 6: Changing the DNA Blueprint: Mutations and Repair -- Recombination -- Bacterial Genetics -- Molecular Evolution