| View Larger Image | Chromatin, Third Edition: Structure and Function | Paperbackby Alan P. Wolffe (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Academic Press | | Edition: | 3rd Edition | | Page Count: | 447 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 14, 1999 | | Sales Rank: | 1,612,621st |
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The Third Edition of Chromatin: Structure and Function brings the reader up-to-date with the remarkable progress in chromatin research over the past three years. It has been extensively rewritten to cover new material on chromatin remodeling, histone modification, nuclear compartmentalization, DNA methylation, and transcriptional co-activators and co-repressors. The book is written in a clear and concise fashion, with 60 new illustrations. Chromatin: Structure and Function provides the reader with a concise and coherent account of the nature, structure, and assembly of chromatin and its active involvement in the processes of DNA transcription, replication and repair. This book consistently interrelates the structure of eukaryotic DNA with the nuclear processes it undergoes, and will be essential reading for students and molecular biologists who want to really understand how DNA works. * * Written in a clear and concise fashion* Includes 60 new illustrations* Extensively rewritten* Brings the reader up-to-date with the remarkable progress in chromatin research over the past three years. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Chromatin Structure and Function:  4 Stars
January 18, 2000
Overall this is a good book, considering the fact that chromatin structure and function is such a broad subject. It is very comprehensive, and I liked that about it. It has a definite bias in favour of chromatin STRUCTURE rather than function. It tends to deal mainly with chromatin at the molecular level rather than at the chromosome level. I would have preferred more information about chromosomes, centromeres, telomeres, and position effects. But the book is certainly not lacking on information about chromatin organization proteins and transcription factors. One drawback for me personally was the way the book was organized. It is not organized into bedtime reading 'bite-sized' CHAPTERS the way I like my books to be. It is instead organized into one long monologue, punctuated only by subsections (subsection 1.2.1.1, subsection 2.1.1.1...etc. as if we don't get enough of that in research papers!). The book tends to be a bit DULL for my taste, but it is certainly a good way to get 'up to speed' in the chromatin field. Greg Doheny (Vancouver B.C.)
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well written and up to date  5 Stars
March 28, 1999
In a fast-moving field such as chromatin structure and function, one is usually better off reading journal articles than trying to gain a background by reading a text. This is not the case with Dr. Wolffe's book, Chromatin: Structure and Function. The book covers the background and then forges into new and interesting data. I was required to buy this book for a class, and was originally resentful of the cost, but now I keep it in lab and find myself consulting it every once in a while. The explanations are clear, the diagrammes informative, and the science is good.
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