The 6th edition of the book Molecular Biology of the Gene no longer addresses topics of embryology, cytogenetics, and immunology as the earlier editions did. It thoroughly analyzes the most recent data regarding the fundamental molecular mechanisms that govern the functioning of biological systems.
However, if the reader looks back at those early editions, they will be impressed by J. Watson's insightful perspective when making assumptions or referring to the molecular factors that underlie cellular differentiation, the genetic basis of cancer, the mechanisms of gene activity regulation, and the necessity of analyzing model organisms.
His ideas have guided generations of researchers in their explorations, remain fresh, and astonishingly close to today's data. This is why he did not randomly choose the connection between that era and the present, bringing back on the cover of the book the pattern from the 1st edition of 1996, which represents a functioning genetic network related to a stimulus that yields a product.
This book is delivered to the reader with the assurance that it will provide valuable knowledge about the molecular and biochemical mechanisms that govern the formation of living matter, the architecture and dynamics of genomes, the flow of genetic information, and the regulation of gene expression, as well as experimental methods for in vitro and in vivo approaches to biological questions.
[Excerpt from the text of the preface]
Manufacturer
- Authors
- James D. Watson, Tania A. Baker, Stephen P. Bell, Alexander Gann, Michael Levine, Richard Losick
- Publisher
- Utopia Publishing
- Original Title
- Molecular Biology of the Gene, 6th edition
- Type
- Medicine - Treatments, Biology of Natural Sciences
- Language
- Greek
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 1184
- Release Date
- 4/2011
- Publication Date
- 2011
- Dimensions
- 21x29 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789609812313
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