
Understanding DNA
The Molecule and How it Works
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Description
Key Features
- Describes the basic units of DNA and how these form the double helix, and the various types of DNA double helix
- Outlines the methods used to study DNA structure
- Contains over 130 illustrations, some in full color, as well as exercises and further readings to stimulate student comprehension
Readership
Table of Contents
An Introduction to Molecular Biology for Non-Scientists
Why a Helix?
Different Kinds of Double Helix
Twisting and Curving
Curving in Three Dimensions
DNA Supercoiling
The Assembly of DNA intor Chromosomes
Specific DNA-Protein Interactions
Methods Used to Study the Structure of DNA
DNA in Disease, Diagnostics and Medicine
Cytosine Methylation and DNA EpigeneticsAppendix
1: Notes on the Derivation of Some Technical Terms
2: The Chemical Theory of Base-stacking Interactions in DNA
3: How to modify Gene Expression by means of Anti-sense Oligonucleotides, Ribozymes or si-RNA
Product details
- No. of pages: 352
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2004
- Published: March 13, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080474663
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780121550899