A Genetic Switch, Phage Lambda Revisited

The first edition of Mark Ptashne's 1986 book describing the principles of gene regulation in phage lambda became a classic in both content and form, setting a standard of clarity and precise prose that has rarely been bettered. This edition is a reprint of the original text, together with a new chapter updating the story to 2004. Among the striking new developments are recent findings on long-range interactions between proteins bound to widely separated sites on the phage genome, and a detailed description of how gene activation works.

• Author
• Mark Ptashne

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 154

• Publisher
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780879697167

• Genres
• science, biology, biography

• Release date
• 2004