Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to molecular biology -- Protein structure -- Protein function -- Nucleic acid structure -- Techniques in molecular biology -- Chromosome structure -- Genetic analysis in molecular biology -- Viruses in molecular biology -- DNA replication in bacteria -- DNA replication in eukaryotes and the archaea -- DNA damage -- DNA repair -- Recombination Transposons and other mobile elements --;Bacterial RNA polymerase -- Regulation of bacterial gene transcription -- RNA polymerase II : basal transcription -- RNA polymerase II : regulation -- RNA polymerase II : cotranscriptional and posttranscriptional processes -- RNA polymerases I and III and organellar RNA polymerases -- Regulatory RNAs -- Protein synthesis : the genetic code -- Protein synthesis : the ribosome.