PART Ⅰ．GENES 1
Chapter 1．Genes Are DNA 2
Chapter 2．Genes Code for Proteins 29
Chapter 3．The Interrupted Gene 50
Chapter 4．The Content of the Genome 71
Chapter 5．Genome Sequences and Gene Numbers 97
Chapter 6．Clusters and Repeats 121
PART Ⅱ．PROTEINS 154
Chapter 7．Messenger RNA 155
Chapter 8．Translation 183
Chapter 9．Using the Genetic Code 217
Chapter 10．Protein Localization 242
PART Ⅲ．PROKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION 263
Chapter 11．Bacterial Transcription 264
Chapter 12．The Operon 294
Chapter 13．Regulatory RNA 320
Chapter 14．Phage Strategies 340
PART Ⅳ．DNA REPLICATION AND RECOMBINATION 368
Chapter 15．The Replicon 369
Chapter 16．Extrachromosomal Replicons 385
Chapter 17．Bacterial Replication Is Connected to the Cell Cycle 402
Chapter 18．DNA Replication 421
Chapter 19．Homologous and Site-Specific Recombination 446
Chapter 20．Repair Systems 475
Chapter 21．Transposons,Retroviruses,and Retrotransposons 500
Chapter 22．Immune Diversity 534
Chapter 23．Chromosomes 560
PART Ⅴ．EUKARYOTIC GENE EXPRESSION 582
Chapter 24．Chromatin 583
Chapter 25．Eukaryotic Transcription 612
Chapter 26．Eukaryotic Transcription Regulation 633
Chapter 27．Epigenetic Effects Are Inherited 668
Chapter 28．RNA Splicing and Processing 691
Chapter 29．Catalytic RNA 723
Chapter 30．Genetic Engineering 745
Glossary 767
Appendix:Answers to Even-Numbered Questions 790
Index 792