Author : Patrick Hughes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642769888
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)
Book Synopsis DNA Replication: The Regulatory Mechanisms by : Patrick Hughes
Download or read book DNA Replication: The Regulatory Mechanisms written by Patrick Hughes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DNA replication is a key event in the cell cycle. Although our knowledge is far from complete and many elusive regulatory mechanisms still remain beyondour grasp, many enzymes and a multiplicity of biochemical mechanisms involved have been discovered. Recent findings in E. coli have confirmed and yet surpassed the original hypothesis of F. Jacob. In yeast and higher eucaryotes, the apparent redundancy in putative origins and initiators has made an estimation of the importance of each identified element difficult to access. In spite of well established methodologies - which are also described in the book - the origin identification in mammalian chromosomes is still a controversial subject. On the other hand, considerable advances have been made in our understanding of virus DNA replication and this continues to deepen and broaden our understanding of the controls of cellular DNA replication.