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This new edition of
Gene Control is the only textbook offering a complete account of gene control for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The core objective of this edition is to educate students about the fundamental principles and mechanisms governing gene expression, regulation, and function.
List of contents
1. Level of Gene Control
2. Transcription in Bacteria
3. Gene Regulation in Bacteria
4. Structure of Chromatin
5. The Epigenome: Role of Chromatin Structure in Gene Control
6. Transcription in Eukaryotes
7. Transcription Factors and Transcriptional Control
8. Post-transcriptional Processes
9. Post-transcriptional Regulation
10. Gene Control and Cellular Signaling Pathways
11. Gene Control in Embryonic Development
12. Control of Cell Type-specific Gene Expression
13. Gene Regulation and Cancer
14. Gene Regulation and Human Disease
15. Conclusions
Glossary
Index
About the author
Professor David S. Latchman has 40 years' experience in the field of Gene Control, having set up his own laboratory to research in this area in 1984. He is the sole author of two previous editions of
Gene Control as well as five editions of its forerunner book
Gene Regulation. He is Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of London and Emeritus Vice Chancellor of Birkbeck University, which he led from 2003-2023. He is also Emeritus Professor at both Birkbeck and University College London. In 2010 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Venugopalan Cheriyath, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He has research experience in areas of both basic and applied aspects of eukaryotic transcription, cancer biology, genomics, and epigenetics. His laboratory is well known for the charctarerization of interferon stimulated gene IFI6/G1P3 and its role in antagonizing the anticancer effects of interferons. Professor Cheriyath teaches gene regulation, epigenetics, molecular genetics, genetic engineering, cell biology, and stem cell biology courses to undergraduate and graduate students at Texas A&M-Commerce.
Summary
This new edition of Gene Control is the only textbook offering a complete account of gene control for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The core objective of this edition is to educate students about the fundamental principles and mechanisms governing gene expression, regulation, and function.
