Part 1．GENES AND CHROMOSOMES 1
Chapter 1．Genes Are DNA 2
Chapter 2．Genes Code for Proteins 26
Edited by Esther Siegfried,Pennsylvania State University,AltoonaChapter 3．Methods in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering 42
Edited by John Brunstein,University of British ColumbiaChapter 4．The Interrupted Gene 79
Edited by Donald Forsdyke,Queens UniversityChapter 5．The Content of the Genome 98
Chapter 6．Genome Sequences and Gene Numbers 118
Chapter 7．Clusters and Repeats 139
Chapter 8．Genome Evolution 159
Chapter 9．Chromosomes 189
Edited by Hank W.Bass,Florida State UniversityChapter 10．Chromatin 220
Part 2．DNA REPLICATION AND RECOMBINATION 262
Chapter 11．The Replicon 263
Edited by Stephen D.Bell,Oxford UniversityChapter 12．Extrachromosomal Replicons 282
Edited by S？ren Johannes S？rensen ＆ Lars Hestbjerg Hansen,University of CopenhagenChapter 13．Bacterial Replication Is Connected to the Cell Cycle 299
Edited by Barbara Funnell,University of TorontoChapter 14．DNA Replication 320
Edited by Peter Burgers,Washington University Medical SchoolChapter 15．Homologous and Site-Specific Recombination 348
Edited by Hannah L.Klein ＆ Samantha Hoot,New York University Langone Medical CenterChapter 16．Repair Systems 391
Chapter 17．Transposable Elements and Retroviruses 419
Edited by Damon Lisch,University of California,BerkeleyChapter 18．Somatic Recombination and Hypermutation in the Immune System 458
Edited by Paolo Casali,Institute for Immunology,University of California,IrvinePart 3．TRANSCRIPTION AND POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL MECHANISMS 503
Chapter 19．Prokaryotic Transcription 504
Edited by Richard Gourse,University of Wisconsin,MadisonChapter 20．Eukaryotic Transcription 546
Chapter 21．RNA Splicing and Processing 573
Edited by Xiang-Dong Fu,University of California,San Diego,School of MedicineChapter 22．mRNA Stability and Localization 618
Edited by Ellen Baker,University of Nevada,RenoChapter 23．Catalytic RNA 642
Edited by Douglas J.Briant,University of VictoriaChapter 24．Translation 665
Edited by Cheryl Keller Capone,Pennsylvania State UniversityChapter 25．Using the Genetic Code 704
Edited by John Perona,University of California,Santa BarbaraPart 4．GENE REGULATION 734
Chapter 26．The Operon 735
Edited by Liskin Swint-Kruse,University of Kansas School of MedicineChapter 27．Phage Strategies 767
Chapter 28．Eukaryotic Transcription Regulation 795
Chapter 29．Epigenetic Effects Are Inherited 828
Edited by Trygve Tollefsbol,University of Alabama,BirminghamChapter 30．Regulatory RNA 861
Glossary 881
Index 905