Genes And Genomes

Author:   Maxine Singer ,  Paul Berg
Publisher:   University Science Books,U.S.
ISBN:  

9780935702170


Pages:   929
Publication Date:   28 February 1996
Format:   Hardback
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"The celebrated authors present an in-depth overview of the molecular structures and mechanisms that underlie the utilization of genetic information by complex organisms. They emphasize the experimental aspects of molecular genetics, offering a complete introduction to both principles and methods. ""Excellent, suitably detailed and superbly written."" Philip Leder, Harvard Medical School"

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Author:   Maxine Singer ,  Paul Berg
Publisher:   University Science Books,U.S.
Imprint:   University Science Books,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 83.50cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 825.90cm
Weight:   2.445kg
ISBN:  

9780935702170


ISBN 10:   0935702172
Pages:   929
Publication Date:   28 February 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

"Part 1: Review of the field of classical and molecular genetics from the beginning of this century to the early 1970s Part II: Examines the logic, concepts, and general practices of gene cloning and the characterization and manipulation of DNA Part III: Examines the structure of eukaryotic genes and our present understanding of their expression Part IV: Introduces the companion Volume II, Exploring Genetic Mechanisms, a sampling of ""case studies"" of genetic systems that have been especially illuminated by the recombinant DNA approach."

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"""A superb textbook suitable for college seniors and first-year graduate students.""--Science ""An excellent and lucid description...These topics are treated in greater depth and with more insight than in any other undergraduate or graduate text currently available.""--Nature"


A superb textbook suitable for college seniors and first-year graduate students. --Science An excellent and lucid description...These topics are treated in greater depth and with more insight than in any other undergraduate or graduate text currently available. --Nature


Author Information

Maxine Singer is the President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and Scientist Emeritus at the NIH where she conducts research on transposable elements in the human genome. She is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and its Institute of Medicine, and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1992. Paul Berg is Willson Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and its Institute of Medicine. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980, and received the National Medal of Science in 1983.

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