3rd ed. — Elsiever Academic Press, 2004. — 349 p.
An Introduction to Molecular Biology for Non-Scientists
Why a Helix?
Different Kinds of Double Helix
Twisting and Curving
Curving in Three Dimensions
DNA Supercoiling
The Assembly of DNA into Chromosomes
Specific DNA–Protein Interactions
Methods Used to Study the Structure of DNA
DNA in Disease, Diagnostics, and Medicine
Cytosine Methylation and DNA Epigenetics
Postscript
Appendix : Notes on the Derivation of Some Technical Terms
Appendix : The Chemical Theory of Base-stacking Interactions in DNA
Appendix : How to modify Gene Expression Using
Anti-sense Oligonucleotides, Ribozymes or
Small Interfering-RNA
Answers to Selected Exercises