Gene Control

Professor David S. Latchman has 40 years’ experience in the field of Gene Control, having set up his own laboratory to research in this area in 1984. He is the sole author of two previous editions of Gene Control as well as five editions of its forerunner book Gene Regulation. He is Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of London and Emeritus Vice Chancellor of Birkbeck University, which he led from 2003-2023. He is also Emeritus Professor at both Birkbeck and University College London. In 2010 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the late Queen Elizabeth II.Venugopalan Cheriyath, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He has research experience in areas of both basic and applied aspects of eukaryotic transcription, cancer biology, genomics, and epigenetics. His laboratory is well known for the charctarerization of interferon stimulated gene IFI6/G1P3 and its role in antagonizing the anticancer effects of interferons. Professor Cheriyath teaches gene regulation, epigenetics, molecular genetics, genetic engineering, cell biology, and stem cell biology courses to undergraduate and graduate students at Texas A&M-Commerce.

• 1. Level of Gene Control2. Transcription in Bacteria3. Gene Regulation in Bacteria4. Structure of Chromatin5. The Epigenome: Role of Chromatin Structure in Gene Control6. Transcription in Eukaryotes7. Transcription Factors and Transcriptional Control8. Post-transcriptional Processes9. Post-transcriptional Regulation10. Gene Control and Cellular Signaling Pathways11. Gene Control in Embryonic Development12. Control of Cell Type-specific Gene Expression13. Gene Regulation and Cancer14. Gene Regulation and Human Disease15. ConclusionsGlossaryIndex