Molecular Biology (CBCS)

CONTENTS: 1. Molecular Biology: An Overview; 2. Chemistry of the Cell : Micromolecules (Sugars, Fatty Acids, Amino Acids, Nucleotides and Lipids); 3. Chemistry of the Cell 2. Macromolecules (Chemical Bonds, Nucleic Acids, Proteins & Polysaccharides); 4. Synthesis, Modification and Repair of Nucleic Acids; 5. Organization of Genetic Material: 1. Genome Size, C-Value Paradox and Repetitive DNA Sequences; 6. Organisation of Genetic Material 2. Packaging of DNA as Nucleosomes in Eukaryotes; 7. Organization of Genetic Material 3. Mitochondrial, Chloroplast and Apicoplast Genomes; 8. Organization of Genetic Material 4. Split Genes, Overlapping Genes, Pseudogenes, Retrogenes and Cryptic Genes; 9. Multigene Families in Eukaryotes; 10. Dynamic RNA: Ribozymes, Small/Long ncRNAs and RNA World; 11. The Genetic Code; 12. Transcription in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; 13. RNA Processing (Decay, Splicing, Editing and Repair of RNA); 14. Molecular Machines for Translation of mRNA (Ribosome, tRNA and aaRS); 15. Translation of mRNA: Mechanism; 16. Protein Modification, Folding, Translocation and Degradation; 17. Operon Circuits in Bacteria and Other Prokaryotes; 18. Regulation Cascades in Bacteriophages; 19. Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes; 20. Chromatin Remodeling and Cellular Memory in Eukaryotes; 21. Cell Receptors and Signal Transduction; 22. Specification of Cell Fate and Cell Commitment; 23. Genes in Development; 24. Epigenetics and Epigenomics; 25. Immune System in Animals and Plants; 26. Genetics of Cancer: Proto-oncogenes, Oncogenes, Tumour Suppressor Genes; Referances, Author Index; Subject Index.