Table of Contents:

Unit 1 Basic Chemical and Biological Principles

• Chapter 1 Cells and Organisms

• Chapter 2 Basic Genetics

• Chapter 3 DNA, RNA, and Protein

• Chapter 4 Genomes and DNA

• Chapter 5 Manipulation of Nucleic Acids

Unit 2 The Genome

• Chapter 6 Polymerase Chain Reaction

• Chapter 7 Cloning Genes for Analysis

• Chapter 8 DNA Sequencing

• Chapter 9 Genomics & Systems Biology

Unit 3 The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

• Chapter 10 Cell Division and DNA Replication

• Chapter 11 Transcription of Genes

• Chapter 12 Processing of RNA

• Chapter 13 Protein Synthesis

• Chapter 14 Protein Structure and Function

• Chapter 15 Proteomics: The Global Analysis of Proteins

Unit 4 Regulating Gene Expression

• Chapter 16 Regulation of Transcription in Prokaryotes

• Chapter 17 Regulation of Transcription in Eukaryotes

• Chapter 18 Regulation at the RNA Level

• Chapter 19 Analysis of Gene Expression

Unit 5 Subcellular Life Forms

• Chapter 20 Plasmids

• Chapter 21 Viruses

• Chapter 22 Mobile DNA

Unit 6 Changing the DNA Blueprint

• Chapter 23 Mutations and Repair

• Chapter 24 Recombination

• Chapter 25 Bacterial Genetics

• Chapter 26 Molecular Evolution