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VOLUME I General Principles.I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. 1. The Mendelianview of the World. 2. Cells Obey the Laws of Chemistry. 3. Nucleic AcidsConvey Genetic Information. II: CHEMICAL FACTS AND PRINCIPLES. 4. AChemist's Look at the Bacterial Cell. 5. The Importance of Weak ChemicalInteractions. 6. Coupled Reactions and Group Transfers. III: BACTERIALGENETICS. 7. The Genetic Systems Provided by E. coli and Its Viruses. 8.The Fine Structure of Bacterial and Phase Genes. IV: DNA IN DETAIL. 9. TheStructures of DNA. 10. The Replication of DNA. 11. Recombination at theMolecular Level. 12. The Mutability and Repair of DNA. V: THE STEPS INPROTEIN SYNTHESIS. 13. The Synthesis of RNA upon DNA Templates. 14.Involvement of RNA in Protein Synthesis. 15. The Genetic Code. VI:REGULATION OF GENE FUNCTION IN BACTERIAL CELLS. 16. Regulation of ProteinSynthesis and Function in Bacteria. 17. The Replication of BacterialViruses. VII: FACING UP TO EUKARYOTIC CELLS. 18. Yeasts as the E. coli ofEukaryotic Cells. 19. Recombinant DNA at Work. VIII: THE FUNCTIONING OFEUKARYOTIC CHROMOSOME. 20. The Unexpected Structures of Eukaryotic Genomes.21. The Functioning of Higher Eukaryotic Genes. VOLUME II SpecializedAspects.IX: GENE FUNCTION IN SPECIALIZED EUKARYOTIC SYSTEMS. 22. TheMolecular Biology of Development. 23. The Generation of ImmunologicalSpecificity. 24. The Extraordinary Diversity of Eukaryotic viruses. X:CANCER AT THE GENETIC LEVEL. 25. The Control of Cell Proliferation. 26. TheGenetic Basis of Cancer. 27. The Origins of Human Cancer. XI: EVOLUTION OFTHE GENE. 28. The Origins of Life.