Full title: Understanding DNA : the molecule & how it works / by Chris R. Calladine ... [et al.].

Author/creator: Calladine, C. R.

Call Numbers: N572.86/8

Record Identifier: 74VK2lJjWAGA

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xiii, 334 p. : ill. ; 25 cm., Ch. 1. An Introduction to Molecular Biology for Non-Scientists -- Ch. 2. Why a Helix? -- Ch. 3. Different Kinds of Double Helix -- Ch. 4. Twisting and Curving -- Ch. 5. Curving in Three Dimensions -- Ch. 6. DNA Supercoiling -- Ch. 7. The Assembly of DNA into Chromosomes -- Ch. 8. Specific DNA-Protein Interactions -- Ch. 9. Methods Used to Study the Structure of DNA -- Ch. 10. DNA in Disease, Diagnostics and Medicine -- Ch. 11. Cytosine methylation and DNA epigenetics -- Postscript. App. 1. Notes on the Derivation of Some Technical Terms -- App. 2. The Chemical Theory of Base-stacking Interactions in DNA. -- App. 3. How to modify Gene Expression Using Anti-sense Oligonucleotides, Ribozymes or Small Interfering-RNA -- Answers to Selected Exercises.

Publishers: San Diego : Elsevier Academic Press, c 2004.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DDC: 572.86

MMS ID: 991018194459702626