Preface  
  Chapter  1  Genes Are DNA
  Chapter  2  Genes Code for Proteins
  Chapter  3  The Interrupted Gene
  Chapter  4  The Content of the Genome
  Chapter  5  Genome Sequences and Gene Numbers
  Chapter  7  Messenger RNA
  Chapter  7.1  Introduction
  Chapter  8  Protein Synthesis
  Chapter  9  Using the Genetic Code
  Chapter  10  Protein Localization
  Chapter  11  Transcription
  Chapter  12  The Operon
  Chapter  13  Regulatory RNA
  Chapter  14  Phage Strategies
  Chapter  15  The Replicon
  Chapter  16  Extrachromosomal Replicons
  Chapter  17  Bacterial Replication Is Connected to the Cell Cycle
  Chapter  18  DNA Replication
  Chapter  19  Homologous and Site-Specific Recombination
  Chapter  20  Repair Systems
  Chapter  21  Transposons
  Chapter  22  Retroviruses and Retroposons
  Chapter  23  Immune Diversity
  Chapter  24  Promoters and Enhancers
  Chapter  25  Activating Transcription
  Chapter  27  Catalytic RNA
  Chapter  28  Chromosomes
  Chapter  29  Nucleosomes
  Chapter  30  Controlling Chromatin Structure
  Chapter  31  Epigenetic Effects Are Inherited
  Glossary
  Index