| Titre : |
Gene structure and expression |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
John D. Hawkins, Auteur |
| Mention d'édition : |
3rd ed. |
| Editeur : |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
| Année de publication : |
1996 |
| Importance : |
XIV-212 p. |
| Présentation : |
ill. |
| Format : |
24 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
0-521-56043-8 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
574.8 |
| Résumé : |
The author states in the introduction to the first edition, that he "believe(s)
that it should be a useful book for medical students who wishes to become familiar
with recent ideas and techniques in molecular biology to help in understanding
further advances when they arrive. It will also be of use to honours and graduate
students in genetics, biochemistry and those who would not necessarily regard the
topics discussed here as their major interests in these subjects." It starts from
chemical structure of DNA, proceeds into methodology, prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene expression, and extends its description to oncogene, immune system, etc.
This book, therefore, is rather a miniaturized version of the renowned textbooks such as J.D. Watson's "Molecular Biology of the Cell" than what one might
imagine from the title.
Our knowledge in this field is expanding ever so rapidly, that any textbook of
this comprehensiveness "will certainly be out of date before the writing is finished,
let alone published.". Yet, this book is doing reasonably well to catch up recent
findings in some topics, such as eukaryotic transcription and bacterial replication.
Looking through the chapters, I noticed total lack of basic description of
protein structure which is necessary for the claimed readership. In "1.6 Protein
binds to DNA," it says "Three main types of domain structures are involved ..."
without explaining what is domain structure. The chapter, "12. Some gene families" suddenly starts by describing collagen. Isn't the concept of gene family the
group of genes that encodes proteins of related structure? Descriptions in 12.8
(Polyproteins are proteolytically processed to yield the active hormones) are
certainly misplaced.
Turning the pages, I f |
Gene structure and expression [texte imprimé] / John D. Hawkins, Auteur . - 3rd ed. . - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996 . - XIV-212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 0-521-56043-8 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Index. décimale : |
574.8 |
| Résumé : |
The author states in the introduction to the first edition, that he "believe(s)
that it should be a useful book for medical students who wishes to become familiar
with recent ideas and techniques in molecular biology to help in understanding
further advances when they arrive. It will also be of use to honours and graduate
students in genetics, biochemistry and those who would not necessarily regard the
topics discussed here as their major interests in these subjects." It starts from
chemical structure of DNA, proceeds into methodology, prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene expression, and extends its description to oncogene, immune system, etc.
This book, therefore, is rather a miniaturized version of the renowned textbooks such as J.D. Watson's "Molecular Biology of the Cell" than what one might
imagine from the title.
Our knowledge in this field is expanding ever so rapidly, that any textbook of
this comprehensiveness "will certainly be out of date before the writing is finished,
let alone published.". Yet, this book is doing reasonably well to catch up recent
findings in some topics, such as eukaryotic transcription and bacterial replication.
Looking through the chapters, I noticed total lack of basic description of
protein structure which is necessary for the claimed readership. In "1.6 Protein
binds to DNA," it says "Three main types of domain structures are involved ..."
without explaining what is domain structure. The chapter, "12. Some gene families" suddenly starts by describing collagen. Isn't the concept of gene family the
group of genes that encodes proteins of related structure? Descriptions in 12.8
(Polyproteins are proteolytically processed to yield the active hormones) are
certainly misplaced.
Turning the pages, I f |
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