Advanced Molecular Biology: A Concise Reference

The last 20 years have witnessed a revolution in our understanding of the processes responsible for the maintenance, transmission and expres sion of genetic information at the molecular levelthe very basis of li fe. These advances continue to yield both fundamental information abou t the molecules themselves as well as tremendous practical application s in the development of therapeutics, vaccines and foodstuffs, and in the diagnosis of genetic disease and in gene therapy.