Completely revised and updated with the latest findings in the field, the second edition of Lewin's Essential GENES provides students with a fundamental background in molecular biology and molecular genetics. An exceptional new pedagogy enhances student learning and helps readers understand and retain key material like never before. New Concept and Reasoning Checks at the end of each chapter section, End of Chapter Questions and Further Readings sections, and several categories of special topics boxes expand and reinforce important concepts. The reorganization of topics allows students to focus more sharply on the key material at hand and improves the natural flow of course material. New end-of-chapter questions review major points and allow students to test themselves on important course material.
全书共十七章:章到第十二章介绍分子生物学常用实验技术;第十三章到第十五章着重阐述分子生物学相关的细胞、组织和动物实验;第十六章为分子生物学常用数据库;第十七章阐述了分子生物学实验的设计和统计分析方法。本书有以下几个特点:一是编写人员大部分为刚毕业或在读的博士研究生,所写的实验技术均是其亲自做过、非常熟悉的,而且有自己独特的见解;二是所涉及內容均是常用而且成熟的实验方法;三是侧重于实验的具体操作、注意事项及个人的体会;四是从初学者的角度出发。符合初学者的需要,也可为从事基础医学研究的人员提供帮助;五是在本书中,每一个章节都附有作者的,若遇到相关问题,可以与作者进行交流。
Why did we write a second edition? A minor revision of the first editionwould have been adequate to correct the (admittedly many) typographicalmistakes. However, many of the nice ments that we received from stu-dents and colleagues alike, ended with a remark of the type: "unfortunately,you don't discuss topic x".
本书代表了全世界200多位基因表达分析领域研究者的集体成就,全面阐述了几乎每一种分析基因表达的技术和方法,不仅包括转录、转录后、翻译和翻译后水平基因表达的基本背景知识,还包括每种方法的实验程序以及均衡的、无偏的处理,并尽可能多地囊括了当前可以利用的网络资源,真可谓现代生物学中这一领域的百科全书。本书内容包括基因表达的基础理论、样品制备方法、mRNA的高通量表达方法、蛋白质的表达分析、mRNA和蛋白质的原位及体内分析等,并对生物信息工具和计算机分析方法做了重点介绍。可供从事基因表达分析工作的科研人员和技术人员参考使用,并可作为高等院校相关专业教师和研究生的教学参考用书。