VOLUME I
General Principles.I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.
1. The Mendelian view of the World.
2. Cells Obey the Laws of Chemistry.
3. Nucleic Acids Convey Genetic Information.
II: CHEMICAL FACTS AND PRINCIPLES.
4. A Chemist's Look at the Bacterial Cell.
5. The Importance of Weak Chemical Interactions.
6. Coupled Reactions and Group Transfers.
III: BACTERIAL GENETICS.
7. The Genetic Systems Provided by E. coli and Its Viruses.
8. The Fine Structure of Bacterial and Phase Genes.
IV: DNA IN DETAIL.
9. The Structures of DNA.
10. The Replication of DNA.
11. Recombination at the Molecular Level.
12. The Mutability and Repair of DNA.
V: THE STEPS IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS.
13. The Synthesis of RNA upon DNA Templates.
14. Involvement of RNA in Protein Synthesis.
15. The Genetic Code.
VI: REGULATION OF GENE FUNCTION IN BACTERIAL CELLS.
16. Regulation of Protein Synthesis and Function in Bacteria.
17. The Replication of Bacterial Viruses.
VII: FACING UP TO EUKARYOTIC CELLS.
18. Yeasts as the E. coli of Eukaryotic Cells.
19. Recombinant DNA at Work.
VIII: THE FUNCTIONING OF EUKARYOTIC CHROMOSOME.
20. The Unexpected Structures of Eukaryotic Genomes.
21. The Functioning of Higher Eukaryotic Genes.
VOLUME II
Specialized Aspects.IX: GENE FUNCTION IN SPECIALIZED EUKARYOTIC SYSTEMS.
22. The Molecular Biology of Development.
23. The Generation of Immunological Specificity.
24. The Extraordinary Diversity of Eukaryotic viruses.
X: CANCER AT THE GENETIC LEVEL.
25. The Control of Cell Proliferation.
26. The Genetic Basis of Cancer.
27. The Origins of Human Cancer.
XI: EVOLUTION OF THE GENE.
28. The Origins of Life.
