Gene Structure and Expression

By John D. Hawkins

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1996, is a concise yet fully informative coverage of the structure and function of genes. It describes DNA and how it replicates, how DNA is transcribed and translated into proteins, the organisation of genes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, the control of gene expression and the role of retroviruses and oncogenes in cancer. There are additional discussions of gene families, genes and the immune systems and mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes. This is a third edition of a successful undergraduate text. It has been extensively updated, particularly in regard to advances in our understanding of replication and transcription.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521560438
• ISBN13: 9780521560436
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great review on molecular biology

Well, if you do not have time to sit down and read a whole textbook or set of textbooks on the subject, Hawkins Gene Structure and Expression is for you. He not only gives you an overview of the basic topics inluding DNA/RNA structure, replication and transcription but also gives you enough statistics and experimental details to fill a void on the practical side of molecular biology. Lots of overview on gene strcture and function. Although you will not find extensive biochemistry, you do get enough to set you out researching for more. The details you do get, however, will surprise you - both prokaryotic and eukaryotic aspects. There is enough here to bring you up to speed with the theories and methods of molecular biology, and then some. I always read it to refresh my knowledge base - when I think I have forgotten something. Part textbook, part journal article, part research report - I would recommend it highly. Looking forward to future updates!