Recombinant DNA :genes and genomes : a short course
New York
W.H. Freeman : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
c2007
xxi, 474 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Previous ed.: New York: Scientific American, 1992
Includes bibliographical references and index
3rd ed
DNA is the primary genetic material -- Information flow from DNA to protein -- Control of gene expression -- Basic tools of recombinant DNA -- Fundamental features of Eukaryotic genes -- A new toolbox for recombinant DNA -- Mobile DNA sequences in the genome -- Epigenetic modifications of the genome -- RNA interference regulates gene action -- Fundamentals of whole-genome sequencing -- How the human genome was sequenced -- Comparing and analyzing genomes -- From genome sequence to gene function -- Finding human disease genes -- Understanding the genetic basis of cancer -- DNA fingerprinting and forensics