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Introduction. Cells as macromolecular assemblies. -- Chapter 1. Cells obey the laws of physics and chemistry. -- Chapter 2. Cells are organized into compartments. -- Part 1. DNA as a store of information. -- Chapter 3. Genes are mutable units. -- Chapter 4. DNA is the genetic material. -- Chapter 5. The topology of nucleic acids. -- Chapter 6. Isolating the gene. -- Part 2. Translation: expressing genes as proteins. -- Chapter 7. The assembly line for protein synthesis. -- Chapter 8. Transfer RNA is the traslational adaptor. -- Chapter 9. Ribosomes provide a traslation factory. -- Chapter 10. Messenger RNA is the template. -- Part 3. Constructing the cell. -- Chapter 11. The apparatus for protein localization. -- Chapter 12. Receptors and signal trasduction: channels and ion uptake. -- Chapter 13. Cell cycle and growth regulation. -- Part 4. Control of prokaryotic gene expression. -- Chapter 14. Control at initiation: RNA polymerase- promoter interactions. -- Chapter 15. A panoply of operons: the lactose paradigm and others. -- Chapter 16. Control by RNA structure: termination and antitermination. -- Chapter 17. Phage strategies: lytic cascades and lysogenic repression. -- Part 5. Perpetuation of DNA. -- Chapter 18. The replicon: unit of replication. -- Chapter 19. Primosome and replisomes: the apparatus for DNA replication. -- Chapter 20. Systems that safeguard DNA. -- Part 6. Organization of the eukaryotic genome. -- Chapter 21. The extraordinary power of DNA techonology. -- Chapter 22. Genome size and genetic content. -- Chapter 23. The eukaryotic gene: conserved exons and unique introns. -- Chapter 24. Gene numbers: repetition and redundancy. -- Chapter 25. Genomes sequestered in organelles. -- Chapter 26. Organization of simple sequence DNA. -- Chapter 27. The genome is packaged into chromosomes. -- Chapter 28. Chromosomes consist of nucleosomes. -- Part 7. Eukaryotic transcription and RNA processing. -- Chapter 29. Building the transcription complex: promoters, factors, and RNA polymeraess. -- Chapter 30. Regulation of transcription: factors that activate the basal apparatus. -- Chapter 31. The apparatus for nuclear splicing. -- Chapter 32. Changing the onformational content of RNA. -- Part 8. The dynamic genome: DNA in flux. -- Chapter 33. Recombination of DNA. -- Chapter 34. Transpossons that mobilize via DNA. -- Chapter 35. Retroviruses and retroposons. -- Chapter 36. Rearrangement and amplification in the genome. -- Part 9. Genes in development. -- Chapter 37. Generation of immune diversity by gene reorganization. -- Chapter 38. Gene regulation in development: gradients and cascades. -- Chapter 3*9. Oncogenes: gene expression and cancer.