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Background material to this course is provided in the standard textbooks recommended for associated Part I and Part II unit courses.
A substantial part of the reading material for Honours Molecular Biology will be from the primary, and review, scientific literature and will be referred to during individual lectures. Essential reading material is also to be found in advanced, and up-to-date, molecular biology textbooks (some of which may be referred to by individual lecturers).
Listed below are a range of recommended books containing information complementary, and/or supplementary, to that given in the C620 lecture programme.
General Texts
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3rd Edn. B. Alberts et al., 1994. Garland
(an excellent text, probably the best for overall cell and molecular biology).
Molecular Cell Biology, 4th Edn. Lodish et al., 2000. Scientific American.
(just as good as the above).
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4th Ed. Watson et al., 1988. Addison-Wesley.
The above 3 books have a strong content of cell biology (pro- and eukaryotic), which is useful for understanding the possible applications of recombinant DNA technology.
Alternative texts which lack the additional cell biology, but which are good and reasonably up-to-date in molecular biology are:
Genes VII, 7th Edn. B. Lewin 2000. Oxford University Press.
Molecular Biology, 2nd Ed. Freifelder 1987. Jones and Bartlett.
You should aim to have one of the above 5 books. (A possible up-to-date alternative which lacks the gloss of the others, and the cell biology is:
The Biochemistry of the Nucleic Acids, 11th Edn. Adams et al., 1992. Chapman and Hall.
Specialised Texts : the following 3 books specialise in the practicalities of cloning, sequencing, etc. You should also have one of these:
Gene Cloning - an introduction, 3rd Edn. T.A. Brown 1995. Chapman and Hall.
Principles of Gene Manipulation, 5th Edn. Old and Primrose 1994. Blackwell.
Gene Cloning and Manipulation, C. Howe, 1995. Cambridge University Press
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