Transcription: v. 73 (Biochemical Society Symposia) - Softcover

Taken from the Biochemical Society's April 2005 annual symposium, these 21 papers survey a range of transcription-related topics of current interest, primarily focusing on eukaryotic systems. Specific topics include mechanistic studies of the mRNA transcription cycle, the relationship between higher-order chromatin structure and transcription, specialized transcription factories, a role for upstream binding factor in organizing ribosomal gene chromatin, nutrient-regulated gene expression in eukaryotes, nucleosome dynamics, non- coding RNA in transcription initiation, fluorescence resonance energy transfer as a method for dissecting in vivo mechanism of transcriptional activation, and core promoter-selective RNA polymerase II transcription. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Gene transcription has remained at the forefront of modern biomedical science due to genome-sequencing projects, the renewed interest in the role of chromatin, the availability of high-resolution structures of key parts of the transcriptional machineries and new insights into the physiological role of transcription. This collection of reviews, based on presentations at the Biochemical Society's 2005 Annual Symposium, provides an overview of the current state of research into gene expression-mechanisms.