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Modern Genetic Analysis Further Readings
Chapter 14
Hendrix, R. W., J. W. Roberts, F. W. Stahl, and R. A. Weisberg. 1983. Lambda II. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. A series of incisive reviews about phage lambda.
I. Herskowitz. 1973. Control of Gene Expression in Bacteriophage Lambda Annual Review of Genetics 7: 289-324. A technical review of the complex and well-analyzed regulation of lambda genes. (PubMed)
F. Jacob and J. Monod. 1961. Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms in the Synthesis of Proteins Journal of Molecular Biology 3: 318-356. A classic paper setting forth the elements of an operon and the experimental evidence.
T. Maniatis, S. Goodbourn, and J. A. Fischer. 1987. Regulation of Inducible and Tissue-Specific Gene Expression Science 236: 1237-1244. A current review of regulatory elements in eukaryotes. (PubMed)
T. Maniatis and M. Ptashne. 1976. A DNA Operator-Repressor System Scientific American January. This article discusses the molecular structures of the components of the lac operon. (PubMed)
Miller, J. H., and W. S. Reznikoff, eds. 1978. The Operon. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. A valuable set of reviews on gene regulation in bacteria.
P. B. Moses and N.-H. Chua. 1988. Light Switches for Plant Genes Scientific American April.
M. Ptashne and W. Gilbert. 1970. Genetic Repressors Scientific American June. The exciting story of how repressors were identified and purified, thereby confirming the predictions of Jacob and Monod. (PubMed)
Ptashne, M. 1987. A Genetic Switch: Gene Control and Phage l. Cambridge, MA: Cell Press. A detailed account of regulation in this E. coli phage.
M. Ptashne. 1989. How Gene Activators Work Scientific American January. (PubMed)
J. A. Steitz. 1988. Snurps Scientific American June. (PubMed)
R. Tijan. 1995. Molecular Machines That Control Genes Scientific American February. An up-to-date review of eukaryotic gene transcription regulation.
Trends in Biochemical Sciences. November 1991. "Transcription." A whole issue of this journal consists of reviews about eukaryotic transcription regulation.
I. T. Weber, D. B. McKay, and T. A. Steitz. 1982. Two Helix DNA Binding Motifs of CAP Found in lac Repressor and gal Repressor Nucleic Acids Research 10: 5085-5102. Discussion of models for repressoroperator recognition. (PubMed)

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