Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun

by Clark, David P.; Russell, Lonnie Dee

• ISBN13: 9781889899046
• ISBN10: 1889899046
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Cache River Pr

Summary

Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale. Textbook written primarily for the science student, but suitable for the non-scientist. Presents and understanding of the fundamentals and tools of molecular biology. Details how this field has and will continue to have an impact on health, law, agriculture, and biotechnology. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(5)
Bacteria: The Molecular Biologist's Guinea Pigs	5	(8)
Basic Gentics	13	(12)
Required Reading: The Molecular Basis of Heredity	25	(10)
Duplicating the DNA: Replication	35	(12)
Getting the Message Out: Trascription of Genes to Produce Messenger RNA	47	(16)
Proteins: The Buck Stops Here	63	(20)
Sex Among the Low-Lifes and Its Exploitation by Molecular Biologists: Gene Transfer in Bacteria	83	(12)
Messing about with DNA	95	(18)
Products from Biotechnology	113	(18)
Genetic Organization in Higher Organisms	131	(22)
Mutations: Things That Go Bump in the Night	153	(20)
Inherited Human Disease	173	(18)
Cancer and Aging	191	(26)
Down on the Farm: Transgenic Plants and Animals	217	(18)
Just Do It! Techniques of Molecular Biology	235	(34)
PCR: The Polymerase Chain Reaction and Its Many Uses	269	(16)
Whodunit? Forensic Medicine and Molecular Biology	285	(12)
Gene Creatures, Part I: Viruses Viroids and Plasmids	297	(18)
Gene Creatures, Part II: Jumping Genes and Junk DNA	315	(16)
Biological Warfare	331	(26)
The Molecular Defense Initiative: Your Immune System at Work	357	(26)
Sequencing DNA	383	(14)
Molecular Evolution: Memories of ``The Way We Were''	397	(30)
Classification: Biology for the Neurotic and the Obsessive-Compulsive	427	(12)
A Brief History of Molecular Biology	439	(6)
Molecular Bilogy: A Millenial Update	445	(8)
What Was Said-What Was Meant: Understanding a Seminar in Molecular Biology	453	(8)
Glossary	461	(20)
Index	481