Power of Bacterial Genetics: A Literature-Based Course

by Jon Beckwith (Editor), Thomas J. Silhavy (Editor)

A textbook on prokaryotic genetics and molecular biology, based on courses taught by the authors at Harvard and Princeton respectively. The volume is organized into 13 sessions, each devoted to a single theme, and each comprising full reprints of five-eight classic papers, a concise authors' commentary on the meaning and importance of these papers, and a series of boldly displayed questions provoking classroom discussion or further private study. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

828 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992