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Genes & signals / Mark Ptashne, Alexander Gann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ptashne, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic regulation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Other Title:
- Genes and signals
- Place of Publication:
- Cold Spring Harbor, New York : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text analyzes gene regulation from a different perspective. The first chapter describes mechanisms found in bacteria, and two subsequent chapters discuss which of these is most highly exploited in higher organisms. A final chapter relates these molecular strategies to other enzymatic processes, including those involving kinases, RNA splicing enzymes, proteases, and others.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Lessons from Bacteria
- Yeast: A Single- celled Eukaryote
- Some Notes on Higher Eukaryotes
- Enzyme Specificity and Regulation
- Afterword
- More on Cooperativity
- Topogenic Sequences
- All- or- none Effects and Levels of Gene Expression
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 228114416
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